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Did Mueller Get Trump’s Tax Returns? Dems Must Ask

As America gets ready for Robert S. Mueller’s public testimony before Congress slated for Wednesday 7/24/2019, there are questions as to whether House Democrats will manage to squeeze any more information from him than what he has already provided in his 400 page report. Mueller has previously stated his objection to testifying before Congress pointing to his detailed 400 page report as his testimony. Concerns about him not being very forthcoming during his congressional testimony are therefore well placed.

There is one question however that House Democrats must ask Mueller when he testifies before them and that is whether or not he got Trump’s tax returns. If not, why didn’t he? Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) posed this question to Attorney General Barr during his confirmation hearing but Barr refused to answer telling Sen Klobuchar to ask Mueller instead.

Well, it turns out Democrats now have a perfect opportunity to get an answer to Sen Klobuchar’s very important question as to Trump’s tax returns and one hopes they will deliver on it.

Bottom line, Trump’s tax returns have been a major topic of interest for many Americans and they continue to be today. More importantly, reasonable people will agree that anybody looking into whether Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential elections would have looked into his tax returns to see whether he had any financial ties with Russia or people closely tied to the Russian government. Muerller therefore has an obligation to disclose to Americans whether or not he obtained Trump’s tax returns during his TrumpRussia investigation and if not, explain why his team concluded that such information was not relevant. Equally important, House Democrats must also find out if TeamMueller did indeed seek Trump’s tax returns but their efforts were rebuffed by the Trump administration. This goes to the whole “we fully cooperated” argument that we have become accustomed to from the Trump administration. Simply put, Democrats must put to rest all questions/concerns related to Trump’s tax returns when Mueller shows up before them.

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Who Paid Acting AG Matthew Whitaker $1.2 Million?

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today dropped a bombshell on ABC’s This Week show saying Acting AG Matthew Whitaker received some $1.2 million dollars in income to defend Trump on TV but nobody knows the source of the money.


Sen Klobuchar told host George Stephanopoulos;
“There are court cases going on that are questioning this appointment of someone[Whitaker] that is literally a walking conflict who got $1.2 million, the most he ever got in his life, to go on TV to protect Donald Trump and we have no idea where that money came from, and so I am asking where did that money come from?”

Different arguments have been made as to why Matthew Whitaker is unfit to fill the AG spot vacated by Jeff Sessions but none is as powerful as the conflict of interest argument advanced by Senator Klobuchar. As the Senator aptly put it, Whitaker is “literally a walking conflict” and must not be allowed to fill the AG spot without vetting by the U.S. Senate.

Bottom line, Democrats both in the House and Senate must put up a fight to protect Mueller probe and highlighting Acting AG Whitaker’s numerous conflicts of interest, including this mysterious $1.2 million payment is a very good starting point.

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Kavanaugh Thinks Presidents Should Unilaterally Declare Statutes Unconstitutional


Dem Senator Amy Klobuchar appeared on Meet The Press yesterday and made a forceful case against Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. One of her arguments caught Yours Truly’s attention because it proves Kavanaugh is so radical, that Dem Senators must fight his confirmation tooth and nail. According to Senator Klobuchar, Kavanaugh thinks Presidents should be able to unilaterally declare statutes unconstitutional. This is such a radical and dangerous position, it should be an automatic disqualifier to Kavanaugh’s confirmation.


Senator Klobuchar’s full Meet The Press interview is available here but the relevant clip is below

Think about that folks–Brett Kavanaugh thinks it would be okay if Trump just woke up one day and invalidated say the Voting Rights Act, or the Fair Labor Standards Act(minimum wage laws), or the Clean Air/Water Acts etc. Folks this makes Kavanaugh the quintessential radical jurist.

Bottom line there are already a lot of reasons Dem Senators including those from Red/Trump states should outrightly reject Kavanaugh, but this bombshell from Sen Klobuchar makes his rejection by all Senate Dems an absolute necessity. Simply put no Dem Senator including those from Trump states, should vote to confirm this radical jurist.

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