Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Hassan's question is for the House managers: Did acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney waive executive privilege in his October 17 press conference in which he stated that there was ``political influence'' in the Trump administration's decision to withhold aid to Ukraine? Mr. Manager JEFFRIES. Mr. Chief Justice, distinguished Members of the Senate, I thank you for that question. Mick Mulvaney has absolutely waived executive privilege. He has never asserted executive privilege. In fact, as President's counsel has acknowledged, they have not asserted executive privilege once. President's counsel has said, when we made that point during our opening arguments, that that was technically true. No, it is true. It is not an alternate fact; it is a fact. You have never asserted executive privilege in connection with Mick Mulvaney's testimony or anyone else. It was not asserted as it relates to any of the 17 witnesses who testified, 12 of whom testified publicly. The other phony arguments that have been articulated, respectfully, are that the House needed to vote in order for the subpoenas to be valid. There is nothing in the Constitution that required the full House to vote, nothing in Supreme Court precedent, nothing under Federal law, nothing under the House rules. It was a phony argument.…”