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Ted Lieu discusses possible impeachment scenario in WaPo interview
Lieu conceded that right at this moment, there may not be sufficient support in the Democratic caucus for initiating such an inquiry. But, importantly, Lieu noted that total resistance to oversight could push the caucus toward favoring one.
“I don’t think the caucus is there in terms of launching an impeachment inquiry into obstruction of justice,” Lieu told me. But he added: “If it turns out we can’t investigate, because the White House is not complying with anything that Congress requests, then I think the caucus would support an article of impeachment on obstructing Congress in order to maximize our court position.”
Lieu noted that one way to do this could be for the Judiciary Committee to advance one article of impeachment (for corruptly defying congressional subpoenas and oversight) as the subject of hearings, pointing out that the third article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon was precisely this.
Lieu also told me that the House should vote to hold Barr in contempt very quickly if he does not turn over the full Mueller report, and Lieu expects the same treatment for McGahn, if he goes along with Trump’s efforts to block his testimony.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/29/trumps-latest-moves-demand-tougher-response-leading-democrat-shows-how/?utm_term=.12d2efbe283d
“I don’t think the caucus is there in terms of launching an impeachment inquiry into obstruction of justice,” Lieu told me. But he added: “If it turns out we can’t investigate, because the White House is not complying with anything that Congress requests, then I think the caucus would support an article of impeachment on obstructing Congress in order to maximize our court position.”
Lieu noted that one way to do this could be for the Judiciary Committee to advance one article of impeachment (for corruptly defying congressional subpoenas and oversight) as the subject of hearings, pointing out that the third article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon was precisely this.
Lieu also told me that the House should vote to hold Barr in contempt very quickly if he does not turn over the full Mueller report, and Lieu expects the same treatment for McGahn, if he goes along with Trump’s efforts to block his testimony.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/29/trumps-latest-moves-demand-tougher-response-leading-democrat-shows-how/?utm_term=.12d2efbe283d
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