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Lrrb Transcript: Dr. David Agus speaks with Michael Morell onIntelligence MattersWashington mdash; Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump s nominee for the Supreme Court, is meeting with several Republican senators on Tuesday ahead of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Nominees traditionally meet with senators ahead of the hearings, although some Democrats have said they will not meet with Barrett because they view the confirmation process as illegitimate.Barrett is stationed in a room in the U.S. Capitol for the day, where she s being visited by Republican senators. She met first with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Mike Pence, and then will be meeting with Republican Judiciary Committee senators throughout the day.During Texas Senator Ted Cruz s meeting with Barrett, he was asked by reporters if she should recuse herself from election cases in the next couple of months. Of course not,he responded.That s the entire reason the Senate should act and should act promptly to confirm a ninth justice mdash; is so the Supreme Court can res stanley cup olve any cases that arise in the wake of the election. This election is a closely contested election. He went on to say that if there were multiple cases challenging the election, a Supreme Court with eight justicescould d stanley cup ivide four-four and under the Constitution.That situation, he said, would beuntenableand would create a constitutional crisis. Further he said, it would beinappro stanley spain priateto recusebecause justices Nqjj Targeting Women Voters, Clinton Dishes on Lewinsky, Chelsea s Dating
Updated at 1:29 p.m. ETWASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder squared off Thursday with Republicans on a House committee stanley cupwho are demanding that the Justice Department turn over documents about its handling of congressional inquiries into a flawed gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.At the start of a hearing, chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will dostanley kaffeebecher what is necessary to force the Justice Department to produce the information. The attorney general said he will consider Issa s demand. But he said, with one exception, the department was inclined to follow longstanding tradition of withholding internal documents about congressional inquiries in order to preserve the ability to get candid advice from top officials. I thi stanley borraccia nk you re hiding behind something here,Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., told Holder.You ought to give us the documents. ... It appears we re being stonewalled. Family of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry sues U.S. governmentDems: DOJ leaders not to blame for FastFuriousFirst convictions from Fast and Furious probeBurton, a former chairman of the committee, said he would urge Issa to seek a contempt of Congress citation if the Justice Department does not produce the congressionally subpoenaed documents.Issa has already threatened to seek a contempt ruling against Holder for failing to turn over the documents. The lawmaker alleges the
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