12 votes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits letter of resignation, effective May 11 Posted April 29, 2019 by Deimos Tags: usa, politics https://apnews.com/0a5d5a8f141446b98b26d2ed8412c71d Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Published Apr 29 2019 Word count 1039 words 2 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK [2] svenkatesh April 29, 2019 Link Doesn’t this mean he can’t be compelled to testify by congressional subpoena since he’s no longer an administration official? Doesn’t this mean he can’t be compelled to testify by congressional subpoena since he’s no longer an administration official? 4 votes Deimos (OP) April 30, 2019 (edited April 30, 2019) Link Parent They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more. If nothing else, I think the last few years... They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more. If nothing else, I think the last few years have really demonstrated how much of the government has effectively been running on the honor system. 13 votes
[2] svenkatesh April 29, 2019 Link Doesn’t this mean he can’t be compelled to testify by congressional subpoena since he’s no longer an administration official? Doesn’t this mean he can’t be compelled to testify by congressional subpoena since he’s no longer an administration official? 4 votes Deimos (OP) April 30, 2019 (edited April 30, 2019) Link Parent They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more. If nothing else, I think the last few years... They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more. If nothing else, I think the last few years have really demonstrated how much of the government has effectively been running on the honor system. 13 votes
Deimos (OP) April 30, 2019 (edited April 30, 2019) Link Parent They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more. If nothing else, I think the last few years... They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more. If nothing else, I think the last few years have really demonstrated how much of the government has effectively been running on the honor system. 13 votes
Doesn’t this mean he can’t be compelled to testify by congressional subpoena since he’s no longer an administration official?
They've been defying other subpoenas lately and announcing intentions to ignore or fight more of them, so who knows what's truly "compelled" any more.
If nothing else, I think the last few years have really demonstrated how much of the government has effectively been running on the honor system.