The name Cecil John Rhodes is so intrinsically linked to the diamond industry that it’s a little known fact that by the time Rhodes actually got to Kimberly in 1871, there were already around 50,000 people there. How did he, out of those 50,000 people, emerge to be the chairman of De Beers, s.
basically what i said today is that mr. cipollone is going to become compelled to testify. there is no such thing as the department of justice since the department of justice is part of the executive branch. so, he s got some tough decisions to make. there is a history. people may think, well, you re the lawyer to the president, you can t be compelled to testify. there is a long history of senior white house officials in connection with investigations who have testified. beth nolan, white house counsel, charles rudd, white house counsel. so, it s not sacrosanct that the president s lawyer cannot be compelled to testify before congress. the privilege is not absolute. right. the whole idea there is nobody is above the law. so, you can do what you can to
become compelled to testify. there is no such thing as the department of justice since the department of justice is part of the executive branch. so, he s got some tough decisions to make. there is a history. people may think, well, you re the lawyer to the president, you can t be compelled to testify. there is a long history of senior white house officials in connection with investigations who have testified. beth nolan, white house counsel, charles rudd, white house counsel. so, it s not sacrosanct that the president s lawyer cannot be compelled to testify before congress. as i said the privilege is not absolute. right. the whole idea there is nobody is above the law. so, you can do what you can to find if a crime was committed. i noticed you said something
Not many people know this, but Gold Fields was once the most valuable company in the world. That was in 1898, and it happened soon after Cecil John Rhodes and Charles Rudd – old chommies from the Kimberly diamond days – invested an enormous amount of money in the company Consolidated Gold F.