The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is very eager to have former President Donald Trump’s White House counsel Pat Cipollone testify before it.
to resist giving compelled testimony or documents to Congress. This gives little recourse for members of Congress who are looking for results in the short term and are less interested in establishing a legal precedent in the long term.
“The constitutional rationale or doctrine that the executive branch has given has been widely critiqued and every judge that has had the opportunity to address it has rejected it,” Shaub told Yahoo News. But until a case is taken all the way through the courts, ultimately to the Supreme Court, presidential administrations will continue to claim as broad a privilege as they can get away with.
, there are a few factors that may encourage him to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee and give sworn testimony — although perhaps within some limits or parameters.was opposed to Trump’s post-election plot Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday.
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