Rank-and-file House Democrats urge 'second look' at impeachment

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Rank-and-file House Democrats urge 'second look' at impeachment
Some members of the House Judiciary Committee think “stronger tools” are needed to force the Trump administration to comply with requests.
May 14, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT
By Heidi Przybyla and Alex Moe


WASHINGTON — Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee have grown increasingly impatient with President Donald Trump’s attempts to block their Russia investigation. And now, some of them are urging the use of “stronger tools,” including impeachment proceedings, in order to strengthen their access to documents and witnesses, according to several lawmakers who spoke with NBC News.

Attorney General William Barr has resisted committee demands to release special counsel Robert Mueller’s full and unredacted Russia report to Congress and said he will not appear before the committee, which planned to use staff lawyers to question him.

In the past week, Trump has said he does not want Mueller to testify before the committee, although he said that decision is ultimately up to Barr, and sought to withhold classified portions of the report from Congress by invoking “executive privilege.”

“The obstruction stuff the president’s engaged in now is causing people to give this a second look,” Rep. David Cicilline, a committee Democrat from Rhode Island, said about impeachment.

“Whatever you think about the findings in the report itself, the blanket defiance of lawfully issued subpoenas and refusal to cooperate with constitutionally required oversight is — in and of itself — basis for impeachment,” Cicilline said in an interview.

He also noted that “contempt of Congress” was the third article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon. A formal impeachment inquiry would strengthen Congress’ hand in the court system, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who sits on the committee, said.

“The more that the president denies us, the ordinary lawful demands for witnesses and documents, the more unified we are,” Raskin told reporters, calling Trump “the most impeachable president in the history of the United States.”

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rank-file-house-democrats-urge-second-look-impeachment-n1005496

[malaise]

1. Dems are doing this right

Hurricane season is coming for the vile MAGAcretin. Justice is coming.

[lagomorph777]

2. "What's he hiding?" - should be the central theme (and oft-repeated).

The goal here should be to implant into the public mind, fear of the President, and eagerness to remove him.