Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Sunday said she would “be fine with issuing a subpoena” for recordings President Donald Trump suggested he made of his conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey if Trump does not answer whether the tapes exist.
“He should give a straight yes or no to the question of whether or not the tapes exist, and he should voluntarily turn them over not only to the Senate Intelligence Committee but to the special counsel,” Collins said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
She said Trump “should have cleared up” whether or not the tapes exist during a press conference on Friday.
“I would be fine with issuing a subpoena, but that most likely would come from the special counsel’s office,” Collins said, though she added: “I don’t think a subpoena should be necessary, and I don’t understand why the President just doesn’t clear this matter up once and for all.”
I’m holding my hands behind my back, Donald. One hand says you’re a bullshitter. The other almost certainly says you’re a liar. I’ll even let you know which is which! But you still have to pick one.
Trump: I dont know if Putin is comfortable releasing the tapes at this point. I will have to ask him if it helps us to do so.
“I’m fine with issuing a subpoena, but wouldn’t vote for it or want my name associated with it in any way.”
“I want to be Governor of Maine someday, and given the clowns from the northern part of the state voted for Paul LePage and Donald Trump…”
“He should give a straight yes or no to the question of whether or not the tapes exist," but he won’t and I’m fine with that,
“He should voluntarily turn them over not only to the Senate Intelligence Committee but to the special counsel,” but he won’t and I’m fine with that,
“I would be fine with issuing a subpoena," which he will ignore and I’m fine with that,
said the senator from Maine who has a long standing habit of saying things that sound reasonable and sane but then doing as instructed by the party bosses.