Judiciary chairman to request documents from dozens close to White House
Source: The Hill
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that his panel will request documents from dozens of entities and individuals close to the White House as part of his panels investigation into obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.
Tomorrow, we will be issuing document requests to over 60 different people and individuals from the White House to the Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Jr., Allen Weisselberg, to begin the investigations to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power, Nadler said on ABCs This Week.
Nadler said during the interview that he thinks President Trump obstructed justice. "It's very clear that the president obstructed justice," he said.
"Its very clear 1,100 times he referred to [special counsel Robert Mueller's] investigation as a witch hunt ... he tried to protect [former national security adviser Michael] Flynn from being investigated by the FBI. He fired [former FBI director James] Comey in order to stop the Russian thing, as he told NBC News. ... Hes intimidated witnesses. In public."
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...out of the Repugs' salaries, since they're the ones who let the Most Corrupt POTUS in US history run wild for 2 fucking years.
trev
(1,480 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,044 posts)riversedge
(70,245 posts)House Judiciary chair: "It's very clear" Trump obstructed justice
https://www.axios.com/impeachment-cohen-jerry-nadler-6aea3157-9d78-4c55-ba62-9bb6a6d8b98b.html
Marisa Fernandez6 hours ago
House Judiciary chair: "It's very clear" Trump obstructed justice
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), whose committee would be responsible for starting impeachment proceedings, told ABCs George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that "it's very clear" President Trump obstructed justice.
"1,100 times he referred to the Mueller investigation as a 'witch hunt.' He tried to protect Flynn from being investigated by the FBI. He fired Comey in order to 'stop the Russia thing,' as he told NBC News. He's dangled pardons, he's intimidated witnesses in public."
Nadler
The big picture: Nadler acknowledged that the committee is still a long way from impeachment and that it needs to be able to persuade the American people that impeachment is warranted not just politically motivated. While it waits for special counsel Robert Mueller's report to be made public, Nadler said the committee will demand documents from more than 60 Trump associates, including Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg.
Go deeper: The Trump Organization's coming 'proctology exam'.................
riversedge
(70,245 posts)Link to tweet
4h ago
Nadler: House Judiciary Will Send Over 60 Doc Requests To Don Jr., Weisselberg, Others
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nadler-house-judiciary-will-send-over-60-doc-requests-to-don-jr-weisselberg-others
By Matt Shuham
March 3, 2019 12:29 pm
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) announced Sunday that his committee would be issuing document request to over 60 different people on Monday in order to eventually present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.
Nadler, who said later in an interview with ABC News George Stephanopoulos that its very clear that the President obstructed justice, said I would imagine the list of people who will receive a document request includes former White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House Counsel Don McGahn.
We will be releasing the list tomorrow of over 60 entities, people, et cetera, he said, specifically naming Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg.
The Wall Street Journal, citing an unnamed source familiar with the list, reported later on Sunday that it also included document requests for Eric Trump, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trumps longtime Trump Organization assistant Rhona Graff..................
Penn Voter
(247 posts)also admitted on national TV in an interview with Lester Holt that he fired Comey to stop the Russia investigation
Voltaire2
(13,078 posts)Which is why impeachment is the only real way forward.