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In reply to the discussion: "The Senate won't remove him" - why this is a pathetically weak argument [View all]Qutzupalotl
(14,307 posts)... the inquiry, anyway.
House Judiciary panel preparing vote to define Trump impeachment probe
Dems hope that explicitly defining their impeachment inquiry will strengthen their leverage to compel testimony from witnesses.
09/06/2019 09:04 PM EDT
The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to take its first formal vote to define what Chairman Jerry Nadler calls an ongoing impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources briefed on the discussions.
The panel could vote as early as Wednesday on a resolution to spell out the parameters of its investigation. The precise language is still being hammered out inside the committee and with House leaders. A draft of the resolution is expected to be release Monday morning.
The issue was raised Friday during a conference call among the committee's Democrats. A source familiar with the discussion said any move next week would be intended to increase the officialness of the ongoing probe, following a six-week summer recess in which some Democrats struggled to characterize to their constituents that the House had already begun impeachment proceedings. Democrats are hopeful that explicitly defining their impeachment inquiry will heighten their leverage to compel testimony from witnesses.
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Many of the Democrats who declared support for an impeachment inquiry did so because they said it would help break through Trump's stonewalling of the six committee investigations. They argued that without formal impeachment proceedings, Trump could continue to claim blanket immunity for his top aides and allies, preventing them from testifying or complying with congressional subpoenas. Trump has blocked several of his most senior aides -- including former officials who provided some of Mueller's most damaging testimony -- from speaking to Congress.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/06/house-judiciary-dems-impeachment-trump-1484435
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