Posted on 04/06/2019 7:36:03 AM PDT by Libloather
Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller’s secrets?
That legal debate began raging inside the House Judiciary Committee on Friday after a new federal court ruling suggested that Congress’ access to some confidential evidence - like the kind obtained by Mueller - hinges on lawmakers launching a “judicial proceeding.”
Republicans on the committee say the only “judicial proceeding” Congress can lead is an impeachment inquiry -- a claim they say is backed up by legal precedent and history. Democrats would have to launch one against Trump if they want Mueller’s grand jury evidence, Republicans say.
That interpretation would be problematic for Democratic leaders in Congress, who have little interest in launching a politically explosive impeachment process at the moment. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said it’s not worth the House’s time and other top Democrats have said it’s premature while they conduct their own investigations and await the details of Mueller’s findings.
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“average nitwit republican”
Nailed it, both of you.
Wonder what Schumer is thinking...that lousy SOB.
After reading Andy McCarthy’s analysis of the decision that just came down from the DC Circuit on grand jury secrecy and 6(e) material, I don’t think even beginning impeachment hearings would be sufficient to overcome the grand jury secrecy requirements. Impeachment isn’t a criminal proceeding or even a civil proceeding - it is a political proceeding. One of the few exceptions to the grand jury rule it that it allows the use of grand jury testimony in other court proceedings, but impeachment does not fall into that category. It is painted in that way, but the rules of evidence, the rules by which the investigation and trial are held are not bound by any statute but are determined by Congress.
President Trump is a master of focusing his opponents attention on a shiny object in the corner while he’s working on the main floor.
The entire Democratic Party has become rabid all of the sudden I say we just see it for what it is and then treat this rabidity with the only cure
Defeat or incarceration
Innocent people should not have to suffer hostile permanent attack from out of control psychopaths.
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