Congressional subpoena for Donald Trumps tax returns. You have been following the fight. Here we go. The top democrat on the House Committee in charge of the issue is saying, number one, Steve Mnuchin isnt in contempt this hour but democrats believe they could wage a court fight here to deliver a stinging rebuke to the Trump Administration on his taxes. Meanwhile, washington is interpreting the new comments from bill barr who just did a fox news interview about pressure for bob mueller to finally testify. Youre okay with him testifying . Absolutely. What seems to be the holdup . Jerry nadler said it will happen soon. Perhaps it happens in june or not. Do you have any information on that . My understanding is that chairman nadler is talking this over with bob mueller and his staff and trying to schedule it. So you have expected it to happen. I have no reason to think it wont. Barr makes it sound like a couple of people are just talking, scheduling, maybe Google Calendar invites and hes
No. If no on page 180 of volume you wrote its synonymous with conspiracy as that is set forth in usc371. You said at your press conference and here today you choose your words carefully. Are you testifying Something Different than what your report states today . What im asking is if you can give me the citation i can look at the citation and evaluation whether it is let me clarify. You stated youve said within the report. I stated your report back do you. Collusion and conspiracy were not synonymous terms. Your answer was no. Page 180, volume 1 of your report it says as defined in legal dictionaries collusion is with conspiracy. Now you said you chose your words carefully. Are you contradicting your report right now . Not when i read it. You change your answer to yes then. No, no. If you look at the language im reading your report, sir, its a yes or no answer. Page 180, volume 1. From your report. Correct. I leave it with the report. So the report says yes theyre synonymous. We can put
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now going to read your verdict. Please listen carefully to the verdict as its read because once the verdict is read each of you will be asked whether this is, in fact, your verdict. And then the court clerk says, will the defendant please rise and face the jury. The defendant rises and faces the jury and then the clerk reads from the verdict form. We, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, bijan kian guilty avenue conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a Foreign Government as charged in count 1a of the indictment. We the jury unanimously found the defendant bijan kian guilty of conspiracy to make willful and material false statements and omissions in a Foreign Agent registration act filing as charged in count 1b of the indictment. And we, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, bijan kian, guilty of acting in the United States as an unregistered agent of a Foreign Government as charged in count ii of the indictment. So say we all, this 23rd day
Look, the move would have taken pressure off mueller, allowing him to punt questions frankry that he didnt want to answer to aaron. Aaron is a man who oversaw the day to day russia investigation for 22 months. According to a sourps with the House Judiciary Committee he will be allowed to sit next to mueller to advise but fallout to answer questions. That is muellers job. And in last minute curve ball request from mueller is still under discussion at the Intelligence Committee which will also question mueller publicly for several hours tomorrow. In drama comes as we learn President Trump is irritated mueller gets the bull horn tomorrow. The president today slamming the former special counsel publicly returning to his favorite line of attack. This whole witch hunt thats going on shall i talk about it for a second . The russian witch hunt. Okay. First of all its very bad for our country. Goes on for years and years. No collusion, no obstruction. They interviewed 500 people. Listen to this
A big dud. There are many ways to look at this. But as the hearing approaches were getting all kinds of hard news about it. On the congressional side Democrats Holding a private mock hearing to prep for a witness proven to be dry, unyielding unshakableable in his appearances before this institution. Then theres the mueller side. Even the famous little tightlipped operator has been compelled to reveal some things about his approach. Hes being represented and prepped by an old partner in his law firm because congress has to list a lawyer written down in the formal subpoena for mueller. We know as of today mueller wants one of had his deputies to sit alongside him tomorrow. It looks like thats going to happen. Given the exacting lawyer and boss he is, can you imagine what its like for those two to prep and advise him on the most watched hearing of his life . Cant be easy. Then theres the doj side. Trumps attorney general bill barr phenomenon mali pressing mule other to stay in the boundar