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Bannon refuses to answer questions on White House instructions

Objective Voice said:
Personally, I think declaring "executive privilege" is a farce. It only gives those in the Executive Branch of government, particularly the President, cover to skirt his obligation to be forthright with the people who elected him (or her) to office and to whom he serves. Now, to be fair it's one thing to refuse to answer questions on the grounds of national security. If by answering a specific question in a public forum would divulge classified information and, thus, put the nation or assets abroad at risk or even compromise foreign relations, then I can understand the POTUS or members of him/her Administration not answering such questions in open forum. That said, short of personal/private discussions, i.e., talks with his/her spouse or brainstorming sessions with his Cabinet that are NOT scheduled meetings nor emergency sessions, I think the presidency should be a rather open book.

So, if Bannon agreed to this public hearing but he exercised executive privilege that tells me either what he refused to discussed publicly was of a classified nature OR he has something to hide. If classified, he shouldn't have agreed to the public hearing. Thus, he should have talked.

That's my opinion and I really don't think it will change. Those in government who refuse to speak publicly about what they know and when usually have something to hide.
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+1 :thumbs:

Those in office need to remember who the hell they work for. The last I read the Constitution, it was you & I.
 
gdgyva said:
you have to ask yourself....what power does a subpoena have?

well, the power lies in not following, right?

but the court, or congress enforces, right?

is a court going to lock up Trump for failure to appear? no chance in hell

is congress going to do anything to Trump? again, no way in hell

so the power of the subpoena disappears....he can and will tell them to go pound sand....and sadly, there isnt anything anyone can do about it

what is the saying RHIP (rank has its privileges)
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And you don't see a problem with this?

As Nixon had to learn the hard way - NO PRESIDENT IS ABOVE THE LAW!

Therefore, if Trump refused to comply with the subpoena as ordered, he would in essence be taking the first step toward evade jurisprudence. It would then be up to Congress to hold him accountable. This is where your assessment of Congress' refusal to act concerns me and it should concern us all.

Is Congress going to do anything to Trump? Again, no way in hell!
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This Republican Congress worries me in that regard because it very much appears to be more concerned with protecting its own position of power than protecting and preserving the republic. The way I see it, if the POTUS refuses to answer questions in public or in a more secure setting to whether it be during a congressional hearing or before the Special Counsel, then I'm afraid this Republican-controlled Congress will do nothing let Trump get away with it. They won't act to force his hand in any way even if some are murmuring warnings of his fitness to hold office in private. Complacency to despotism is a direct path to authoritarianism.
 
Objective Voice said:
This Republican Congress worries me in that regard because it very much appears to be more concerned with protecting its own position of power than protecting and preserving the republic. The way I see it, if the POTUS refuses to answer questions in public or in a more secure setting to whether it be during a congressional hearing or before the Special Counsel, then I'm afraid this Republican-controlled Congress will do nothing let Trump get away with it. They won't act to force his hand in any way even if some are murmuring warnings of his fitness to hold office in private. Complacency to despotism is a direct path to authoritarianism.
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Trump will get away with nothing. :roll:

No proof of anything. This is just one more of a litany of left wing nothing burgers served up to keep the left wind all whipped up and TRIGGERED. :roll:

Ya got nothing, but a sore butt. :mrgreen:
 
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