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House Dems raise prospect of new impeachment articles, in court battle over McGahn testimony
Fox News ^ | 23 December 2019 | Ronn Blitzer

Posted on 12/23/2019 1:25:28 PM PST by Magnatron

The lawyer for House Judiciary Committee Democrats revealed in a Monday court filing that there is a possibility lawmakers could pursue even more articles of impeachment against President Trump -- despite having already adopted two of them last week following a grueling, historic and bitterly partisan debate.

The prospect of additional articles -- while perhaps unlikely -- was floated as part of a court battle over Democrats' bid to compel testimony from former White House Counsel Don McGahn.

Shortly before a 4 p.m. deadline imposed by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the committee counsel filed a brief making their case for why they still want to hear from McGahn, despite having already voted for impeachment.

Democrats originally sought McGahn's testimony in connection with his claims to then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team that Trump wanted him to have Mueller fired. Trump’s critics claimed this request constituted obstruction of justice.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: couppeachment; donmcgahn; ronnblitzer
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An impeachment for every day of the year! Why not?

These people are deranged by their utter hatred.

1 posted on 12/23/2019 1:25:28 PM PST by Magnatron
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Some DEM idiots have said that they'll re-impeach him, and do so continually, as each one is turned down and he is acquited, for the next 5 years.

Wanna talk about "ABUSE OF POWER"; not to mention that they're nuts and counting on holding the House...which they are NOT going to do.

2 posted on 12/23/2019 1:31:10 PM PST by nopardons
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Thankfully, more and more Americans are seeing through all this crap. It’s the reason you’re starting to see some elected Democrats questioning the need for impeachment. They know this is all BS that is about to explode in their faces.


3 posted on 12/23/2019 1:31:28 PM PST by dowcaet
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Well if you can’t defeat him at the ballot box, what other choice the Rats have except keep impeaching until election day?


4 posted on 12/23/2019 1:31:32 PM PST by entropy12 (You are either for free enterprise or want gov't to protect your wage levels. Can't be both.)
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Another day, another impeachment. What is this hate about Trump?


5 posted on 12/23/2019 1:33:24 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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So they’re admitting that Trump hasn’t actually been impeached yet, since they have to come up with more charges?


6 posted on 12/23/2019 1:34:58 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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I’ll bet they’ve got tape of Trump wishing someone “Merry Christmas” and they’ll go after him for establishing religion.


7 posted on 12/23/2019 1:35:56 PM PST by sphinx
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Trump is Guilty of Obstruction of Injustice.


8 posted on 12/23/2019 1:36:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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It’s the gift that keeps on giving!


9 posted on 12/23/2019 1:36:39 PM PST by TheGunny
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Grand children of Dr. Spock.

The product of participation awards.


10 posted on 12/23/2019 1:39:42 PM PST by ptsal ( Media & DNC word game. It wasn't spying, it was just surveillance.)
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Exactly right. I subscribe to a polling site and they ask a question each day. The interesting thing is that they break out the responses by demographics (.e.g, age, sex, political affiliation, etc.) Two recent trends: 1) anything on impeachment is seeing less and less support from all groups, including democrats, and 2) Independents are almost in perfect sync with the GOP voting on the issues. The number of respondents to each question is often above 20,000 so it's a relatively large sample.
11 posted on 12/23/2019 1:41:39 PM PST by econjack
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Democrats seem determined to have single party rule....and that party would be Republican.

They really are suicidal.


12 posted on 12/23/2019 1:42:05 PM PST by seowulf
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Was this the lawyer that both interviewed people and then testified at the hearings?


13 posted on 12/23/2019 2:14:48 PM PST by sauropod (Hold onto that impeachment for a while. It'll get better with age, just like Jennifer Rubin has.)
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So the dems are considering impeaching Trump for thinking about, or possibly talking about, firing Mueller. (which he has every legal right to) Of which Trump did NOT fire Mueller, so how can this be obstruction? I guess republican thoughts are crimes now.... Minority Report coming true.


14 posted on 12/23/2019 2:20:39 PM PST by gswilder
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They might as well do their worst at this point.


15 posted on 12/23/2019 2:27:19 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (“When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day”)
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How can they charge him with obstruction of an investigation that was proven to be illegal???


16 posted on 12/23/2019 2:50:10 PM PST by Iscool
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“Your Honor, if you just let the Democrats used the FIB, CIA and NSA to monitor the Trump family and business associates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we may come up with more articles to investigate!”


17 posted on 12/23/2019 2:56:51 PM PST by Lockbox
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Doubtful. They won’t even send over the two articles they have now.


18 posted on 12/23/2019 3:29:12 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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IIRC, McGahn was the WH lawyer who dissuaded DJT from firing one of the Coup de taters....Comey or Mueller. I believe he left his position because he wouldn’t follow DJT’s orders citing pubic perceptions. (He may have been correct at that point in time)

Ds tried to equate this to the Nixon Saturday Night Massacre’s firing of the AG.(Rehnquist ?)

If my memory is correct, there is no equating the 2. Nixon was on the ropes with little R support, supposedly obstructed justice with his attempts at a cover-up of the Plumbers illegal snooping, breaking and entering at the Watergate . (of which Nixon had no knowledge).

Whereas, DJT has nothing to coverup and yuuuuge public support. Both Nixon and Trump can fire an AG for any damn reason they please. Clarification and correction are welcomed if my recall is faulty.


19 posted on 12/23/2019 3:37:23 PM PST by chiller (As Davey Crockett once said: Be sure you're right. Then go ahead. I'm goin' ahead.)
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We need to have a KIO effort in this nation.

Burry them with 60 million plus notes telling them to Knock It Off!


20 posted on 12/23/2019 4:36:24 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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