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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRead the Trump Administration's Warning Letter to Laura Cooper
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/politics/laura-cooper-pentagon-letter.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
The No. 2 Pentagon official told Ms. Cooper, the militarys Russia-Ukraine expert, not to talk to Congress. She did anyway.
By Charlie Savage
Oct. 24, 2019
Updated 3:48 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON The White House has declared that the executive branch will not cooperate with the Houses impeachment inquiry, but some officials have nevertheless provided testimony to Congress about what they know about whether President Trumps attempts to pressure the Ukrainian government into investigating his political rivals were a quid pro quo in return for aid.
One such witness, Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official, received a warning letter that shows how the administration has attempted to persuade officials to keep silent. Ms. Cooper appeared before impeachment investigators on Wednesday during a closed-door session that was delayed by Republican lawmakers who burst into the House Intelligence Committees secure suite to protest the inquiry.
Below is a copy of the letter Ms. Cooper received, obtained and annotated with context and analysis by The New York Times.
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/1914-dod-letter-to-laura-cooper/c527b06c2155f68aba22/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
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The No. 2 Pentagon official told Ms. Cooper, the militarys Russia-Ukraine expert, not to talk to Congress. She did anyway.
By Charlie Savage
Oct. 24, 2019
Updated 3:48 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON The White House has declared that the executive branch will not cooperate with the Houses impeachment inquiry, but some officials have nevertheless provided testimony to Congress about what they know about whether President Trumps attempts to pressure the Ukrainian government into investigating his political rivals were a quid pro quo in return for aid.
One such witness, Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official, received a warning letter that shows how the administration has attempted to persuade officials to keep silent. Ms. Cooper appeared before impeachment investigators on Wednesday during a closed-door session that was delayed by Republican lawmakers who burst into the House Intelligence Committees secure suite to protest the inquiry.
Below is a copy of the letter Ms. Cooper received, obtained and annotated with context and analysis by The New York Times.
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/1914-dod-letter-to-laura-cooper/c527b06c2155f68aba22/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
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Read the Trump Administration's Warning Letter to Laura Cooper (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
OP
Yes. The trick is to accuse your enemies of tghe things YOU are doing! DT has been doing that for
napi21
Oct 2019
#4
duforsure
(11,885 posts)1. Witness intimidation, tampering with a witness, obstructing justice
The list of his crimes is quickly growing, and getting worse. Every day he stays in , the more he and the republicans will become exposed, and voted out of office soon. He'll be accusing others soon of tax fraud, money laundering, and worse. That's his pattern.
napi21
(45,806 posts)4. Yes. The trick is to accuse your enemies of tghe things YOU are doing! DT has been doing that for
years. Much longer than he's been in office!
yonder
(9,678 posts)2. From the letter, with respect to her testimony:
"It violates settled practice...."
Yeah, good one. Just what about the tRump administration does not violate settled practice?
Bueller?.... Anyone?
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)3. It would be fun to get the DepSec under oath and question him about
who drafted and provided him the language he slapped his signature on like a good boy.
NBachers
(17,149 posts)5. This reads like one of those "Sovereign Citizen" idiots standing in court before the judge.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,447 posts)6. 43 pages of bull shit
It's a whole lot of bullshit based upon the Executive branch's assertions of what the House rules allow the House to do.