Posted on 12/24/2019 6:10:01 PM PST by blam
House Democrats may conduct a second impeachment of President Trump, according to lawyers for the Judiciary Committee.
In a Monday court filing reported by Politico, House Counsel Douglas Letter argued that they still need testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn, which may uncover new, impeachable evidence that Trump attempted to obstruct the Russiagate investigation (of a crime he didn’t commit).
“If McGahn’s testimony produces new evidence supporting the conclusion that President Trump committed impeachable offenses that are not covered by the Articles approved by the House, the Committee will proceed accordingly — including, if necessary, by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment,” reads Letter’s filing.
Underscoring this point, House lawyers say if McGahn’s testimony yields more evidence of obstruction it could lead to “new articles of impeachment.” pic.twitter.com/DXiEl0KXwL
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 23, 2019
The Democrats also argue that “McGahn’s testimony is critical both to a Senate trial and to the Committee’s ongoing impeachment investigations to determine whether additional Presidential misconduct warrants further action by the Committee,” adding that McGahn’s testimony may also be relevant to future legislation which may stem from the details of Trump’s conduct.
And while DOJ lawyers acknowledged in a Monday brief that the legal fight over McGahn isn’t moot, the fact that the House Judiciary Committee moved forward with impeachment on a completely different matter removes the urgency to resolve their case.
“The reasons for refraining are even more compelling now that what the Committee asserted — whether rightly or wrongly — as the primary justification for its decision to sue no longer exists,” wrote lawyers for the DOJ. The agency also argues that the Mueller impeachment investigation is over, when House lawyers and lawmakers have described it as ongoing and active, according to the report.
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Go for it, Democrats!!! Its made you so popular with the American people.
They’re clamoring for an encore for sure.
I can’t even believe this crap anymore. It’s all flying in the face of reason.
I don’t know what I desire more...HILLARY TO RUN AGAIN or YET ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT.
The ‘RATS have clearly gone insane!
Democrat Panem et Circenses. When in Rome...
“A FRIVOLOUS impeachment vote is a SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY”
Impeachment series
I can’t wait to see what they’ll serve for seconds. The appetizer was a bust.
Nobody who pays attention should be the least bit surprised by this
and if SCOTUS goes 5-4 in Trumps favor, expect the Dems to float impeaching Kavanaugh too
Great. They’ve just trivialized the greatest weapon the congress has against a rogue President.
The play’s the thing, wherein we’ll catch the conscience of the king.
if they get the house and senate...first thing their going after is Kavanaugh...
Oh, please do.
Einstein said that the definition of insanity is repeating a process while expecting different results.
This will just about finish the democrat party as a viable political force.
Praying for it, I am.
I hope lampposts are going to be decorated.
They are scared to death of what Durham is digging up, getting rid of Trump is not going to get rid of Durham, I think that their thinking is IF they can destroy the public trust in Trump they can also destroy the illegalities Durham is digging up, I think Graham and McShame are up to their eyeballs in this mess also!! These people are acting desperate and just hating Trump is NOT making them behave this way something else is going on here!!{
I can’t take it seriously until they get to Impeachment 50.
They’re making a mini-series.
Oh they’ll impeach him. They just need to invent a reason.
Keep this up, and we will wind up with a Constitutional Amendment to stop this nonsense.
If relief had arrived later, Kodos would would have been a hero.
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