105: Constitutional crisis

This week on Party Politics, co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jay Aiyer analyze the potential outcomes of the House Judiciary Committee’s decision to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt after his refusal to comply with the Committee’s subpoenas to provide documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report.Jay and Brandon discuss the politics behind Trump evoking an Executive Privilege on all Mueller Report documentation, and explain why the Republican led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. for his testimony on the Russia investigation.NATIONAL TOPICS 2020 Presidential roundup Trump’s tax records reveal big financial losses Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin denies House Dem's request for Trump's tax returns Trump says “Collusion Delusion” stole the first 2 years of his Presidency Kentucky Derby winner disqualifiedTEXAS TOPICS Mayoral roundup – Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth School finance reform update Sales Tax hike proposal fails Representative Jonathan Stickland resigns from Freedom Caucus and calls vaccines “sorcery”You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Tweet us using #PartyPoliticsPod or email [email protected]. Party Politics is produced by Sophie Moll, the audio engineer is Todd Hulslander and our digital editor is Alvaro ‘Al’ Ortiz.