House Judiciary Committee faces pivotal week on Trump
The House Judiciary Committee, which would consider articles of impeachment against President Trump if that process moves forward, is set for a pivotal week.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the panels chairman, has jostled for weeks with the administration to secure more documents and witness testimony including that of special counsel Robert Mueller to guide probes into Russian election interference and allegations that Trump obstructed Muellers investigation.
But the efforts have come up largely empty in the face of the administrations near-blanket refusal to honor those requests, leading to confrontations about holding administration officials for contempt and raising the pressure on Democratic leaders to consider impeachment.
The dynamics leave Nadler squeezed between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top leaders, who want to continue the investigations without invoking the Article I powers of impeachment, and a restive caucus thats moving slowly but steadily toward the belief that they have no other choice.
Obviously people are frustrated that we havent moved faster. And, frankly, I'm frustrated because we have been held up by the unprecedented action by the White House to deny our witnesses, Nadler said Friday in a radio interview on WNYC. And we can only go so far, until we win in court, to get those witnesses.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/446375-key-house-panel-faces-pivotal-week-on-trump