Perry refuses to testify in House impeachment inquiry

[Right_in_Virginia]

Perry refuses to testify in House impeachment inquiry
MSN, Nov 1, 2019, The Hill

Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Friday refused a request from House impeachment investigators to testify next week as part of their inquiry into President Trump.

"The Secretary will not partake in a secret star chamber inquisition where agency counsel is forbidden to be present," Department of Energy press secretary Shaylyn Hynes wrote in a statement to The Hill.

"If the committee is interested in conducting a serious proceeding they are welcome to send for the Secretary's consideration an invitation to participate in an open hearing where the Department's counsel can be present and the American people can witness."

Perry was scheduled to testify behind closed doors on Wednesday, along with acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, State Department counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.


More:  http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/perry-refuses-to-testify-in-house-impeachment-inquiry/ar-AAJIzn4?ocid=ientp

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The appropriate response

[sneakypete]

Perry refuses to testify in House impeachment inquiry
MSN, Nov 1, 2019, The Hill

Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Friday refused a request from House impeachment investigators to testify next week as part of their inquiry into President Trump.

"The Secretary will not partake in a secret star chamber inquisition where agency counsel is forbidden to be present," Department of Energy press secretary Shaylyn Hynes wrote in a statement to The Hill.

"If the committee is interested in conducting a serious proceeding they are welcome to send for the Secretary's consideration an invitation to participate in an open hearing where the Department's counsel can be present and the American people can witness."

Perry was scheduled to testify behind closed doors on Wednesday, along with acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, State Department counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.


More:  http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/perry-refuses-to-testify-in-house-impeachment-inquiry/ar-AAJIzn4?ocid=ientp

@Right_in_Virginia

There should be more of that going on.

[Right_in_Virginia]

@Right_in_Virginia

There should be more of that going on.

  @sneakypete 

[sneakypete]

IMHO,requiring ALLEGED witnesses to testify before a legal proceeding while refusing them legal counsel is Un-Constitutional.

HEY BITCHES,THIS IS AMERICA,NOT THE OLD USSR!