{"id":50896,"date":"2021-10-07T13:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50896"},"modified":"2021-12-13T19:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T03:00:47","slug":"newsmax-trump-fluffer-actually-believes-the-loser-of-mar-a-lago-can-invoke-executive-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50896","title":{"rendered":"Newsmax Trump-Fluffer Actually Believes the Loser of Mar-a-Lago Can Invoke Executive Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House Select Committee on the January 6th Insurrection recently issued subpoenas to several former staffers and associates of the former reality TV game show host, Donald Trump. Shortly thereafter, Trump did what all innocent parties to congressional investigations do. He demanded that the recipients of the subpoenas refuse to comply, making them liable for charges of contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/p>\n

Trump’s demands would not only put his criminal accomplices in legal jeopardy, but they expose him to charges as well. He could face prosecution for obstruction of justice<\/a><\/strong> and for suborning unlawful acts by others.<\/p>\n

Trump justifies the orders to his minions by claiming “executive privilege.”<\/em> The only problem with that is that he isn’t an “executive.”<\/em> Only the President of the United States can invoke executive privilege. And Trump, despite his continuing refusal to acknowledge reality<\/a><\/strong>, is still not the President. What’s more, even the President can’t invoke executive privilege to cover up the commission of crime.<\/p>\n

Trump’s stubborn insistence that he has powers that exist only in his befuddled brain is also evident on the fringe, wingnut media outlets that have sworn their blind allegiance to the cult of Trump. Prominent among them is Newsmax, a network so devoted to ultra-partisan bullpucky that they contrived the infamous “Dandelion-Gate<\/a><\/strong>“<\/em> conspiracy theory. And now Newsmax’s Grant Stinchfield returns with a harangue about Trump’s non-existent executive privilege authority:<\/p>\n

“The January 6th Commission is going after anybody who worked around president Trump. Well, we are now learning that if they try to subpoena these people that are associated with president Trump, president Trump is going to be fighting back, He is going to invoke executive privilege. And that means that people like chief of staff Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, a top advisor, and Kash Patel, another top advisor, will not be able to comply with these subpoenas coming from the January 6th Commission.<\/p>\n

“This is what you get with president Trump. You get a man who fights back. You understand me? The president fights back. That’s what we love about president Trump. And he’s sticking it to these people trying to go after him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Newsmax is reporting tonight that Trump will invoke executive privilege in an attempt to block all the subpoenas for former members of his WH staff issued by the bipartisan Select Committee on J6. pic.twitter.com\/a86Y9wenla<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n