Sen. Blumenthal on Trump Interview with Mueller : No One Is Above the Law

‘I think he knows that Donald Trump has to submit to an interview or this investigation cannot be finished’

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BLUMENTHAL: "What is really stunning, wolf, is that the president of the United States is refusing to cooperate in a lawful investigation. Remember, this investigation has already produced four convictions and many more indictments, so it is far from a hoax or a witch hunt. And, yes, a subpoena will be necessary if the president fails to submit to an interview that is unlimited in length or subject matter. And that subpoena now seems increasingly necessary and unavoidable. My hope is that Republican colleagues will stand up and speak out against the clearly mounting effort on the part of the president's surrogates in Congress to try to stifle or styme this investigation by these frivolous requests and in fact obstructionist requests for documents."
BLITZER: "Do you believe Mueller is willing to take that step, issuing a subpoena to the president of the United States?"
BLUMENTHAL: "Based on the way he's conducted this -- this investigation so far, methodically, discretionally and discretely but very systematically and determinely and I believe he will. I think he knows that Donald Trump has to submit to an interview or this investigation cannot be finished. And if he refuses, a subpoena is absolutely appropriate. Remember the history here also in terms of legal precedent. Richard Nixon tried to defy a subpoena and the United States Supreme Court told him unanimously no one is above the law and he complied. Likewise Clinton in Clinton versus Jones tried to resist a subpoena and the courts rules against him and going back to the earliest days of our Republican, Thomas Jefferson said that he as president copt be subpoenaed and the supreme Court told him otherwise. So there is a body of law that supports Robert Mueller and it is consistent with his obligation, again I come back to the spectacle of the president of the United States who took an oath of office to faithfully execute the laws, thumbing his nose at the rule of law."

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