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political reporter, @NBCNews Digital | co-author, NYT bestsellers “Shattered” and “HRC” | Nats fan | Terp | @northwesternu teacher | jon.allen@nbcuni.com

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    1. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017

      Trump Jr. will talk to Senate Judiciary Committee behind closed doors 1/

      22 replies 285 retweets 387 likes
    2. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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      Congress is allowing a lot of people to testify on Russia in private. 2/

      1 reply 57 retweets 152 likes
    3. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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      Much of Congress' power as an investigative body is the ability to compel *PUBLIC* testimony - or force people to take the 5th in public. 3/

      5 replies 95 retweets 300 likes
    4. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
      Replying to @jonallendc

      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/

      2 replies 115 retweets 352 likes
    5. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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      Instead, what we're seeing now is Congress reverting to a time when its actions were shrouded in secrecy 5/

      1 reply 59 retweets 198 likes
      Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017

      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/

      4:28 AM - 30 Aug 2017
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        2. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          6 replies 90 retweets 336 likes
        3. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          1 reply 55 retweets 243 likes
        4. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          1 reply 70 retweets 297 likes
        5. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          Good God, members of Congress, stand up for yourselves and your power. 10/

          6 replies 145 retweets 548 likes
        6. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          4 replies 62 retweets 292 likes
        7. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          Start putting people under oath in public. Then the public can judge not only the answers but the questions. 12/

          1 reply 76 retweets 320 likes
        8. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          1 reply 34 retweets 171 likes
        9. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          You are afraid of how the public will judge your questions and treatment of the witnesses. 14/

          1 reply 57 retweets 282 likes
        10. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          3 replies 52 retweets 281 likes
        11. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          The *only* excuse for doing these things in private is not wanting to interfere with Mueller's investigation. BUT 16/

          2 replies 30 retweets 181 likes
        12. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          1 reply 29 retweets 204 likes
        13. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
          Replying to @jonallendc

          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/

          4 replies 33 retweets 194 likes
        14. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          This should be disconcerting to both Trump supporters and critics - and everyone else. 19/

          2 replies 24 retweets 156 likes
        15. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          1 reply 40 retweets 179 likes
        16. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          If they have something to hide, it will be obvious under rigorous public questioning. 21/

          2 replies 24 retweets 172 likes
        17. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          4 replies 87 retweets 220 likes
        18. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          Congress is Article I. Each year, its members act more and more like an appendix. 23/

          1 reply 49 retweets 174 likes
        19. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          2 replies 40 retweets 151 likes
        20. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          3 replies 34 retweets 124 likes
        21. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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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/

          1 reply 40 retweets 155 likes
        22. Jonathan Allen‏Verified account @jonallendc 30 Aug 2017
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          Ok, I'm done 27/27

          12 replies 11 retweets 97 likes
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