“Wow, OK” DoJ denies House access to Mueller grand jury material because Nixon made the same mistake

Incredulous how DoJ is arguing that Watergate is a bad precedent, then again this is an administration of alternative facts and revisionist history. 

"Wow, O.K.," responded U.S. Chief District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington, D.C., sounding unpersuaded. "As I said, the department is taking an extraordinary position in this case."

— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) October 8, 2019

In case destined for Supreme Court, Howell asks why DOJ has not shared Mueller g.j. material with Congress under post-9/11 Patriot Act law that lets DOJ share info with federal or foreign officials on “grave hostile acts of a foreign power'/'clandestine intelligence gathering.'

— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) October 8, 2019

NOW: The Trump Administration Says It Won't Comply With Any Requests From Democrats In The Impeachment Inquiry https://t.co/8jlglUSAYB via @Mimms

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 8, 2019

Pelosi responds to WH letter: “The White House should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the President’s abuse of power from the American people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 9, 2019

A President cannot decide not to be impeached.

That’s a king and we don’t have those in the United States.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) October 8, 2019

Have you read the Constitution? The House is effectively acting as a grand jury, and articles of impeachment are basically an indictment. No defendant gets to call witnesses in this phase of an investigation. That happens at trial, which here would take place in the Senate.

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