'Presidents Are Not Kings:' Judge Orders Don McGahn to Testify in Impeachment Probe

A federal judge has ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to keep his top aides from testifying.

The outcome could lead to renewed efforts by House Democrats to compel testimony from other high-ranking officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled Monday in a lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee.

McGahn was a star witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and Democrats wanted to question McGahn about possible obstruction of justice by Trump.

That was months before the House started an impeachment inquiry into Trump’s effort to get Ukraine to announce an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden.

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[uwusmolbean]

"Judges are not kings" and,
"Politicians are not above the law"

(But good luck convincing them of that !)

[thelink]

Be glad when he's voted out. Tired of hearing his name everyday.

[doodlegoose]

I get up everyday and hit trend news and think “well, what lies are we telling today?”

[timothy]

I foresee comments being disable for the People speaking truth.

[thebookdragon]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they are still talking about Mueller god help them

[jimhollywood]

Presidents are elected by the people. Actively working on a Coup to overturn an election will end up poorly for you.

[woketruth]

And judges are not above the law...many of them In my opinion are biased & corrupt who investigates & hold judges accountable?

[robduenner]

lol because its bloomberg owned by the presidential candidate... Mr. 44 oz, Im sure its not biased guys

[kevingriffin]

I bet fountain drinks are shaking in their boots

[pooltuna]

The constitution specifically states that a sitting President has the right to have any case against him heard in the Supreme Court... No lower court may rule in any case involving the sitting president...period.
The Separation of powers clause prevents even the Supreme Court from compelling testimony from an administration official against the will of the President.
Furthermore it is tantamount to compelling a defendant to testify against himself.
The ultimate question in American law is; What is the remedy in the case of an unconstitutional ruling by the Supreme Court?
Phrased another way; What is the remedy if the Supreme Court refuses to uphold the Constitution?
Nixon resigned rather than complying with an unconstitutional Supreme Court ruling.
Thomas Jefferson was right about the every 20 years...thing.

[goingbonkerswithmyhonkers]

Bloomberg news... Because it's not biased

[kluu]

Judges are not Rulers!! Anyway it’s no big deal that Mcgahn has to show up.. every question all he has to do is invoke executive privilege .

[abaguirre]

The judge DID NOT SAY “presidents are no King” why is it in ‘ ‘, how deceptive.

[ganje]

Everyone is Equal under the law. This is america.

[doddgarger]

Really don't recommend following BLOOMBERG on politics

Just a thought....

[lancemorrison]

Plead the "5th" and show the American people how innocent you are!

[par]

If the White House senior advisors and staff had grounds to invoke executive privilege in regard to their testimony Mr. Trump would have done so instead of the farcical phantasm of "executive universal immunity" which any competent attorney would have advised was not going to survive a federal court review.

[jonnim]

These Bloomberg guys need to be more professional and cut back the constant “uhhh”
Pretty annoying 🙄

[scottd]

Didn't McGahn already testify on most of this stuff? I can't imagine much if any new information coming out of this.

[ericcallahan]

white house aide? He's the white house counsel, the president's lawyer...executive privilege, client/attorney privilege. What district was this judge from?