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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1XY093Legal experts say U.S. court ruling on White House counsel could encourage witnesses to talk in impeachment probe
(Reuters) - A court ruling expected on Monday could give cover to former national security advisor John Bolton and other administration officials to cooperate in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, legal experts said.
U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington said she would rule by Monday in a lawsuit by a U.S. House of Representatives committee seeking to compel former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in the probe.
Brown Jackson, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, suggested during oral arguments in October that she would rule in favor of the House. The Trump administration has argued that the U.S. Constitution does not give Congress power to compel testimony from senior members of the executive branch.
A judge rejected a similar argument in 2008 in a fight over a subpoena issued to former President George W. Bushs White House counsel.
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Monday ruling on freedom to speak to House! (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2019
OP
Joinfortmill
(14,432 posts)1. Should set Trump off
Bigly.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)2. I assume, though...
...that if she does, Trump will simply appeal the whole thing all the way to SCOTUS, who may rule on it in 2022.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)4. Ya what happened to the argument that we would
be in a much better legal position if we declare formal impeachment?
kentuck
(111,103 posts)3. Let us hope this is a turning point.
It could be a big story.