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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: Right_in_Virginia on October 24, 2017, 12:04:26 pm
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Top House Lawyer Slams Fusion GPS For Trying To Hide Its Bank Records
Daily Caller, Oct 23, 2017, Richard Pollack
The House of Representative’s top lawyer filed a 50-page motion late Monday slamming Fusion GPS for trying to hide its bank records that could show who paid for its “Trump Dossier” — a document containing unsubstantiated and derogatory information about President Donald Trump.
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In its original filing for the temporary restraining order, lawyers for Fusion GPS claimed releasing the bank documents would violate their First Amendment rights, “because it demands records that would disclose the identities of individuals or entities who opposed Donald J. Trump in the 2016 campaign.” The company compared itself to the National Association for the Advancement Colored People.
But Hungar said the First Amendment “does not provide blanket immunity from production of documents in response to an otherwise valid government subpoena; to conclude otherwise would render the government’s subpoena power meaningless.”
More: http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/23/house-top-lawyer-slams-fusion-gps-for-trying-to-hide-its-bank-records/
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Rip them a new one! And don't stop until they comply!