Trump Jr. will talk to Senate Judiciary Committee behind closed doors 1/
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They may, at times, forget it, but lawmakers work for the public, and, unless there's a compelling reason, their work should be public 4/
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Instead, what we're seeing now is Congress reverting to a time when its actions were shrouded in secrecy 5/
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What could Trump Jr possibly say in private that the public doesn't have a right to know regarding his meetings with Russian officials? 6/
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But more important, Congress is just giving up its power to the White House, part of a long, miserable slog toward irrelevance 7/
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Congress is no longer the primary arbiter of when we go to war, when we sign treaties, the direction of the budget ... 8/
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The chairman of a committee ought to be able to stare down a recalcitrant witness on live television, not kowtow to him in private 9/
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Good God, members of Congress, stand up for yourselves and your power. 10/
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It's not about Trump Jr or Kushner or Manafort or the president; it's about relinquishing authority that has been vested in you. 11/
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Start putting people under oath in public. Then the public can judge not only the answers but the questions. 12/
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And therein lies the rub, no? It's not that you're afraid of what Trump Jr. or other witnesses will say or do 13/
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You are afraid of how the public will judge your questions and treatment of the witnesses. 14/
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The public has a right to know. Your constituents have a right to see how you are doing your jobs. 15/
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The *only* excuse for doing these things in private is not wanting to interfere with Mueller's investigation. BUT 16/
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if that's what you *really* cared about, you'd support him at every turn and otherwise get out of his way entirely. 17/
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What's going on here is that you are trying so desperately to be in position to go either way - to put a finger to the wind 18/
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This should be disconcerting to both Trump supporters and critics - and everyone else. 19/
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If Trump and family are innocent of charges leveled against them, vindication will be swifter through a real congressional process. 20/
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If they have something to hide, it will be obvious under rigorous public questioning. 21/
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Everyone, regardless of this issue or partisan lean, should be horrified by the way Congress continues to cede its power to exec branch 22/
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Congress is Article I. Each year, its members act more and more like an appendix. 23/
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This "talk to the committee in private" privilege is just one more sad display of a hollowed out branch of government. 24/
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This won't change unless the public demands that reps/sens honor our system by exercising the power they've been lent for 2 or 6 years. 25/
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Compelling witnesses to testify in public is but one small way in which Congress acts as a check. But it's an important one. 26/
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Ok, I'm done 27/27
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