{"id":37213,"date":"2019-07-27T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T17:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37213"},"modified":"2019-07-27T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T22:15:18","slug":"probe-to-impeach-peach-pervert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/27\/probe-to-impeach-peach-pervert\/","title":{"rendered":"Probe to Impeach Peach Pervert"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure if Rep. Jerry Nadler’s [D-NY] tactic will work, but if it does, it’s a stroke of genius.\u00a0 This is not a formal impeachment inquiry.\u00a0 They are investigating whether or not to open a formal impeachment inquiry.\u00a0 To the best of my knowledge, Speaker Pelosi [D-CA] has not softened her opposition to impeachment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The House Judiciary Committee on Friday asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury secrets related to Robert S. Mueller III\u2019s investigation, using the court filing to declare that lawmakers have already in effect launched an impeachment investigation of President Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In a legal maneuver that carries significant political overtones, the committee told a judge that it needs access to the grand jury evidence collected by Mr. Mueller as special counsel \u2014 such as witness testimony \u2014 because it is \u201cinvestigating whether to recommend articles of impeachment\u201d against the president<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause Department of Justice policies will not allow prosecution of a sitting president, the United States House of Representatives is the only institution of the federal government that can now hold President Trump accountable for these actions,\u201d the filing told the judge, Beryl A. Howell, who supervised Mr. Mueller\u2019s grand jury.<\/p>\n

Referring to the part of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to impeach and remove a president, the filing continued: \u201cTo do so, the House must have access to all the relevant facts and consider whether to exercise all its full Article I powers, including a constitutional power of the utmost gravity \u2014 approval of articles of impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Read the Judiciary Committee\u2019s application.<\/a>]<\/p>\n

With the filing, the committee\u2019s chairman, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, was attempting to sidestep the debate raging inside the Democratic Party over whether the full House should hold a vote to formally declare that it is opening an impeachment inquiry. By declaring that his committee was in effect conducting such an inquiry, he was heading off a politically difficult vote in the committee or the full house to pursue impeachment<\/strong>…\u00a0 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <NY Times<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

Ari Melber, filling-in for Rachel Maddow,\u00a0 covered this story in two segments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats Broach Impeachment In Bid For Robert Mueller Grand Jury Info<\/a><\/p>\n