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The White House stanley tumblers has directed former White House counsel Don McGahn not to appear before Congress, backed by a Justice Department legal opinion released Monday claiming Congress cannot compel the former White House lawyer to testify. The House Judiciary Committee has been informed that McGahn will not appear Tuesday, when he had been subpoenaed and scheduled to testify.The Office of Legal Counsel opinion invoked the separation of powers to argue that McGahn should not a stanley mugs ppear before the congressional panel. The immunity of the president s immediate advisers from compelled congressional testimony on matters related to their official responsibilities has long been recognized and arises from the fundamental workings of th stanley cup e separation of powers, the opinion reads. Those principles apply to the former White House Counsel. Accordingly, Mr. McGahn is not legally required to appear and testify about matters related to his official duties as counsel to the president. In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, thecurrent White House counsel, Pat Cipollone wrote, There is no question that the position of counsel to the president falls within the scope of the immunity. Nadler has threatened to hold McGahn in contempt if he does not appear. McGahn s attorney, William Burck, wrote to Nadler to disagree with the position taken by the committee, but said that McGahn is bound to honor his ethical and legal obligations as a former s Hjrs Bumpy start to G.O.P. presidential race
Earlier today we showed you Hillary Clinton s new ad, Trouble, in which Barack Obama is criticized for opposing a proposal to suspend the gas tax this summer.Now Obama has responded to that ad with a 60-second spot airing in North Carolina and Indiana, Truth. In it, the candidate explains why he opposes the gas tax suspension. I m here to tell you the truth, he says in the spot. We could suspend the gas tax for six months. But that s not going to bring down gas prices long term. You re going to save about 25, 30 dollars. Or half a tank of gas. At this point, members of the audience are shown chuckling. That s typical of how Washington stanley cup works, Obama continues. There s a problem, everybody s upset about gas prices, let s find some short-term, quick fix that we can say we did something even though we re not really doing anything. Watch it: ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9b1b8c8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c9b1b8c8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c9b1b8c8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Brian Montopoli stanley quencher Brian Montopoli is stanley cup the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews. |
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