New White House strategy: Ignore Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) until he goes away.
During an interview with Fox News on Friday, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told the network the White House will “not deal” with Nadler and his committee’s subpoena for the full unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
“Look, we’re not going to deal with Jerry Nadler in that manner,” he said. “We have already cooperated so much with House Democrats and we will continue to do so, but the fact is this is just more political grandstanding by someone who has nothing to run on, nothing to talk about, other than trying to attack a man, who has now been proven completely innocent of any crime.”
Gidley claimed that Nadler and other Democrats want to “go after” President Trump because they don’t want to admit to their own agenda. He said even if they handed over an unredacted report and unredated tax returns, Nadler would “still want something else.”
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“so there’s a new closer on the mound…”
You don’t get any more choices. You are going to do what the law and the Democrats tell you to do.
Junior Sarah Sanders here can say whatever he wants, but it’s actually the Justice Department that has to come up with a reason why HJC isn’t entitled to this material. And then defend that rationale in the courts, if necessary.
Can we do like the Whitehouse has been doing, and just request a jump to the Supreme Court? Let’s get this party going!
“Look, we’re not going to deal with Jerry Nadler in that manner,” he said. “We have already cooperated so much with House Democrats and we will continue to do so, but the fact is this is just more political grandstanding by someone who has nothing to run on, nothing to talk about, other than trying to attack a man, who has now been proven completely innocent of any crime.”