Former Obama Lawyer Neal Katyal and former prosecutor Evan Perez called today's McGahn ruling, stating that anyone subpoenaed must show up to testify regardless of their position, a 'complete win for Nancy Pelosi' and a 'devastating' loss for President Donald Trump.
McGahn was subpoenaed to appear before the impeachment committee in May. Investigators view McGahn as a potential witness to alleged acts of obstruction of justice, according to NPR.
Judge Jackson also wrote the Department of Justice's"conceptual claim to unreviewable absolute testimonial immunity on separation-of-powers grounds- essentially, that the Constitution's scheme countenances unassailable Executive branch authority—is baseless, and as such, cannot be sustained." "I think the most important thing the judge is saying, just because you work for the president and work very, very close, at the top of the food chain there at the White House, doesn't mean you don't have to even show up for what is a lawful subpoena," said former prosecutor Evan Perez on CNN'sA federal judge's ruling that undercuts the Trump administration's reliance on immunity to avoid answering Congressional subpoenas is a move legal experts are saying is...
"She is going ahead and striking down not only those arguments, the current arguments Don McGahn has been making," Perez said,"but these other ones, saying you have to show up."
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