well, at least we know the vote will happen tomorrow now.
Day 3 House Judiciary Votes on Articles of Impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee approves two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power (23-17) and obstruction of Congress (23-17). The articles now head to the full House for consideration.
Cross-posting
Supreme Court to Rule on Release of Trump’s Financial Records
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether President Trump can block the release of his financial records, setting the stage for a blockbuster ruling on the power of presidents to resist demands for information from prosecutors and Congress.
The court’s ruling, expected by June, could give the public a look at information the president has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect. Or the justices could rule that Mr. Trump’s financial affairs are not legitimate subjects of inquiry so long as he remains in office.
Either way, the court is now poised to produce a once-in-a-generation statement on presidential accountability.
The case will test the independence of the court, which is dominated by Republican appointees, including two named by Mr. Trump. In earlier Supreme Court cases in which presidents sought to avoid providing evidence, the rulings did not break along partisan lines.
To the contrary, the court was unanimous in ruling against Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton in such cases, with Nixon and Clinton appointees voting against the presidents who had placed them on the court. The Nixon case led to his resignation in the face of mounting calls for his impeachment. The Clinton caseled to Mr. Clinton’s impeachment, though he survived a Senate vote on his removal.
Mr. Trump asked the court to block three sets of subpoenas, and the justices agreed to decide his appeals in all three.
All of the subpoenas sought information from Mr. Trump’s accountants or bankers, not from Mr. Trump himself, and the firms have indicated that they will comply with the court’s ruling. Had the subpoenas sought evidence from Mr. Trump himself, there was at least a possibility that he would try to defy a ruling against him, prompting a constitutional crisis.
This is big news.
Summary of the Impeachment Inquiry into Trump
December 2nd-13th
It’s amazing what can happen in just 11 days.
General Congressional News:
News:
- 12/02/19 Prosecutor says new charges ‘likely’ in case against Rudy Giuliani associates
- 12/02/19 New charges likely in case against Giuliani associates
- 12/02/19 U.S. ‘Likely’ to Bring New Charges in Giuliani-Allies Case
- 12/02/19 New charges likely in case against Rudy Giuliani associates, prosecutors say
- 12/02/19 Lawyer for Giuliani associate petitions court to release documents and recordings seized by feds to Congress
- 12/02/19 Senate panel look into Ukraine interference comes up short
- 12/02/19 GOP-led committee probed possible Ukraine interference in 2016 election and found nothing worth pursuing, sources say
- 12/02/19 Democrats quietly debate expanding impeachment articles beyond Ukraine
- 12/03/19 Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference
- 12/03/19 Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report
- 12/03/19 House Democrats vote to send impeachment report to Judiciary Committee
- 12/03/19 Trump Compromised Security, Abused Office, House Report Says
- 12/03/19 Democrats’ impeachment report cites Trump obstruction and withholding aid, warns of ‘grave harm’
- 12/03/19 Impeachment report details ‘scheme’ by Trump to pressure Ukraine for his benefit
- 12/03/19 House Intelligence Committee sends report on Trump and Ukraine to judiciary panel, paving way for possible articles of impeachment
- 12/03/19 Trump takes bold stance at NATO as impeachment boils at home
- 12/03/19 Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze in July, Says Ex-Top Official in Kyiv
- 12/03/19 GOP embraces a debunked Ukraine conspiracy to defend Trump from impeachment
- 12/03/19 Giuliani mystery phone calls, texts uncovered by Democrats’ impeachment report
- 12/03/19 Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes
- 12/03/19 House Intelligence Committee sends report on Trump and Ukraine to judiciary panel, paving way for possible articles of impeachment
- 12/03/19 Call records show Devin Nunes in contact with indicted Giuliani associate
- 12/03/19 Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy Giuliani’s Phone Records—And They’re Quite Revealing
- 12/03/19 Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated ‘false narratives’
- 12/03/19 Trump Loses Appeal on Deutsche Bank Subpoenas
- 12/03/19 Court tells banks to hand Trump financial records to House Democrats
- 12/03/19 Appeals court orders Trump’s banks to turn financial records over to Congress
- 12/04/19 ‘Are you ready?’: Pelosi makes clear to Democrats that impeachment is coming
- 12/04/19 Scholars Call Trump’s Actions on Ukraine an Impeachable Abuse of Power
- 12/04/19 Nadler says scholars’ testimony is ‘clear and compelling evidence’ that Trump abused his power
- 12/04/19 Founding Fathers would be ‘horrified’: Legal experts testify Trump should be impeached
- 12/04/19 Key Moments from the First Impeachment Hearing in the Judiciary Committee
- 12/04/19 5 takeaways from the Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment hearing
- 12/04/19 10 takeaways from the impeachment hearing: Legal scholars in plain English
- 12/04/19 Dems signal Mueller-related impeachment charges as witnesses assail Trump
- 12/04/19 Giuliani, Facing Scrutiny, Travels to Europe to Interview Ukrainians
- 12/04/19 New York Times: Giuliani traveled to Hungary and Ukraine to meet with ex-prosecutors in effort to defend Trump
- 12/04/19 House committee chair calls for investigation into $400 million border wall contract
- 12/05/19 The Legal Debate About Impeachment Is Over
- 12/04/19 Trump Blocked Key Impeachment Witnesses. Should Congress Wait?
- 12/04/19 Trump’s mental state is deteriorating dangerously due to impeachment with potentially ‘catastrophic outcomes’, psychiatrists urgently warn Congress
- 12/04/19 LISTEN: A Louder, Messier Phase of Impeachment
- 12/05/19 WATCH: Speaker Pelosi Calls for Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump
- 12/05/19 Pelosi Says House Will Draft Impeachment Charges Against Trump
- 12/05/19 ‘No choice’: Pelosi proceeds with articles of impeachment
- 12/05/19 Pelosi announces full speed ahead with articles of impeachment against Trump
- 12/05/19 Pelosi Says Democrats Will Draw Up Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
- 12/05/19 Pelosi asks committee chairs to proceed with articles of impeachment
- 12/05/19 Trump impeachment to go ahead, says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- 12/05/19 ‘Don’t mess with me when it comes to words like that,’ Pelosi tells reporter who asked her whether she hates Trump
- 12/05/19 Pelosi Denies ‘Hate’ for Trump, Who Accuses Her of Having a ‘Nervous Fit’
- 12/05/19 Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly
- 12/05/19 PRESS RELEASE: The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee
- 12/05/19 House Judiciary Committee slates next impeachment hearing for Monday
- 12/05/19 Democrats consider bribery, obstruction for impeachment articles against Trump
- 12/05/19 Democrats’ latest steps suggest Mueller evidence likely part of articles of impeachment
- 12/05/19 Trump to Democrats: ‘If you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast’
- 12/05/19 Trump asks Supreme Court to void financial records subpoena
- 12/05/19 Trump Again Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Financial Records
- 12/05/19 Trump asks Supreme Court to review decision granting Congress access to his financial records
- 12/06/19 Phone logs in impeachment report renew concern about security of Trump communications
- 12/06/19 More than 500 law professors say Trump committed ‘impeachable conduct’
- 12/06/19 Senate Republicans puncture House GOP dreams for impeachment trial
- 12/06/19 Pressure builds for Giuliani as associate enters talks over potential plea deal
- 12/06/19 Trump’s attorney Giuliani collects more dirt on visit to Kyiv
- 12/06/19 White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing
- 12/06/19 ‘This is about Russia’: Trump impeachment inquiry leaves ‘roads to Putin’ untravelled
- 12/06/19 Schiff: Pence aide provided new impeachment evidence — but VP’s office classified it
- 12/06/19 Schiff asks Pence to declassify more material from official’s testimony
- 12/06/19 Justice Ginsburg temporarily halts Trump financial records subpoena
- 12/07/19 Behind the Scenes of Impeachment: Crammed Offices, Late Nights, Cold Pizza
- 12/07/19 The LA Times joined the growing group of major papers calling for Trump’s impeachment
- 12/07/19 Trump: Giuliani ‘wants to go before Congress’ about Ukraine trip
- 12/07/19 Trump: Giuliani will report to Justice Department, Congress on his investigations in Ukraine
- 12/08/19 Inside Giuliani’s dual roles: Power-broker-for-hire and shadow foreign policy adviser
- 12/09/19 Justice Department watchdog releases report on origins of Russia investigation
- 12/09/19 FBI was justified in opening Trump campaign probe, but case plagued by ‘serious failures,’ inspector general finds
- 12/09/19 Report on F.B.I. Russia Inquiry Finds Serious Errors but Debunks Anti-Trump Plot
- 12/09/19 Justice Watchdog Highlights FBI ‘Failures’ but Says Russia Probe Was Justified
- 12/09/19 Inspector general: Start of FBI Russia probe was justified and unbiased but investigation had significant errors
- 12/09/19 Inspector general’s report on Russia probe: Key takeaways
- 12/09/19 Here are the Russia probe conspiracy theories debunked by the DOJ inspector general report
- 12/09/19 AG Barr condemns IG report’s finding that FBI probe of Trump campaign was justified
- 12/09/19 DOJ watchdog finds Russia investigation not improper, despite missteps
- 12/09/19 Barr and Durham Publicly Disagree With Horowitz Report on Russia Inquiry
- 12/09/19 Trump claims DOJ inspector general report shows ‘attempted overthrow’ of the government
- 12/09/19 Trump impeachment hearing: Pro-Trump Infowars host who called for Obama to be lynched thrown out of inquiry
- 12/09/19 Lawyer for Democrats calls Trump ‘a clear and present danger’ as he argues case for removal
- 12/09/19 Democrats Signal Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress Charges Against Trump
- 12/09/19 Democrats expected to unveil articles of impeachment against Trump, focusing on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
- 12/09/19 Democrats Plan at Least Two Trump Impeachment Articles
- 12/09/19 Lawyer for Democrats calls Trump ‘a clear and present danger’ as he argues case for removal
- 12/09/19 Lawmakers clash as Dems present evidence for Trump’s impeachment
- 12/09/19 Impeachment Gets Weird
- 12/09/19 House Democrats Expected to Draft at Least Two Articles of Impeachment
- 12/09/19 5 takeaways from the House Judiciary impeachment hearing
- 12/10/19 Impeachment Hearing Takeaways: Democrats Allege ‘Brazen’ Trump Scheme While Republicans Lament ‘Unfair’ Process
- 12/10/19 FBI wiretap of Trump campaign aide was riddled with errors, but Russia probe was legally justified, IG report finds
- 12/10/19 FBI was justified in opening Trump campaign probe, but case plagued by ‘serious failures,’ inspector general finds
- 12/10/19 Barr thinks FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’ in probing Trump campaign’s links to Russia
- 12/10/19 WATCH: House Democrats Announce Articles of Impeachment
- 12/10/19 Trump ‘Ignored and Injured’ the National Interest, Democrats Charge in Impeachment Articles
- 12/10/19 House Democrats unveil two articles of impeachment against Trump; White House predicts ‘full exoneration’ in GOP-led Senate
- 12/10/19 House Democrats Announce Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
- 12/10/19 ‘High crimes and misdemeanors’: Dems unveil impeachment charges against Trump
- 12/10/19 House leaders unveil two articles of impeachment, accusing Trump of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’
- 12/10/19 House Democrats Unveil 2 Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
- 12/10/19 The articles of impeachment against President Trump, annotated
- 12/10/19 Read the Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump
- 12/10/19 U.S. House Judiciary panel to vote on Trump impeachment no later than Thursday
- 12/10/19 Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial
- 12/10/19 Mulvaney Defends Role of Politics in Foreign Policy
- 12/10/19 Mulvaney says ‘politics can and should influence foreign policy’
- 12/10/19 Newspaper Endorsement: The case for impeachment
- 12/11/19 WATCH: Justice Department IG Testifies on FISA Abuse Allegations, Part 1
- 12/11/19 WATCH: Justice Department IG Testifies on FISA Abuse Allegations, Part 2
- 12/11/19 President Trump considering adding controversial lawyer Alan Dershowitz to impeachment legal team: Sources
- 12/11/19 Pence rejects calls to declassify new impeachment testimony
- 12/11/19 In new legal memo, White House budget office defends withholding aid to Ukraine
- 12/11/19 Senate Republicans look to hold short impeachment trial despite Trump’s desire for an aggressive defense
- 12/11/19 McConnell will move to acquit Trump if he’s impeached, not merely dismiss charges, 2 Republican senators say
- 12/11/19 Republicans are homing in on 3 main defenses of Trump amid the Ukraine scandal. Here’s why none of them hold up.
- 12/11/19 GOP Senators Leaning Toward Quick Impeachment Trial for Trump
- 12/11/19 Giuliani Ally Parnas Got $1 Million From Russia, U.S. Says
- 12/11/19 Prosecutors Say Giuliani Associate Parnas Hid Income, Should Be Detained
- 12/12/19 US prosecutors turn to possible bribery charges in investigation over Ukrainian natural gas company
- 12/12/19 DOJ quietly posts internal legal opinions about immunity from congressional testimony
- 12/12/19 Millions in military aid at center of impeachment hasn’t reached Ukraine
- 12/12/19 House Panel Delays Vote on Impeachment Articles
- 12/12/19 House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourns after marathon debate, will vote on articles of impeachment Friday morning
- 12/12/19 House Judiciary Committee Delays Its Vote on Articles of Impeachment
- 12/12/19 House Judiciary Committee postpones approval of impeachment articles to Friday
- 12/12/19 Nadler suddenly ends impeachment hearing before final vote, enraging Republicans
- 12/12/19 Heavily redacted communications on withholding of Ukraine aid released by Trump administration
- 12/12/19 Trump Administration Resists Ukraine Disclosures Ordered By Court
- 12/12/19 Trump goes on Twitter tear ahead of panel vote on articles of impeachment
- 12/12/19 Trump, hours before impeachment vote, says ‘no crime,’ ‘crazy!’
- 12/12/19 McConnell: ‘There’s no chance’ Trump is removed from office
- 12/12/19 McConnell and White House counsel agree to coordinate impeachment trial plans
- 12/13/19 McConnell indicates he’ll let Trump’s lawyers dictate Trump’s impeachment trial
- 12/13/19 The House Republicans’ Slimy Defense Of Donald Trump
- 12/13/19 Panel Approves Impeachment Articles and Sends Charges for a House Vote
- 12/13/19 Impeachment live updates: House Judiciary panel passes two articles of impeachment against Trump
- 12/13/19 House Panel Approves Trump Impeachment Articles
- 12/13/19 Trump Impeachment Advances as Historic Vote Sends Case to House
- 12/13/19 Judiciary Committee sends articles of impeachment to the floor for vote next week
- 12/13/19 House Judiciary approves articles of impeachment, paving way for floor vote
- 12/13/19 House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach Trump, capping damaging testimony
- 12/13/19 House committee votes to advance articles of impeachment against Trump
- 12/13/19 Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani spotted at White House amid House Judiciary impeachment vote
- 12/13/19 Rudy Giuliani heads to White House amid Trump impeachment drama over Ukraine scheme
- 12/13/19 ‘Just Having Fun’: Giuliani Doubles Down on Ukraine Probes
- 12/13/19 White House further limits officials on Trump’s foreign leader calls in wake of Ukraine scandal
- 12/13/19 Supreme Court to Rule on Release of Trump’s Financial Records
- 12/13/19 Supreme Court will take up Trump’s broad claims of protection from investigation
- 12/13/19 Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Trump Subpoena Cases
The President’s Public Remarks:
- 12/03/19 Trump takes bold stance at NATO as impeachment boils at home
- 12/05/19 Trump to Democrats: ‘If you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast’
- 12/05/19 Trump asks Supreme Court to void financial records subpoena
- 12/05/19 Trump Again Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Financial Records
- 12/05/19 Trump asks Supreme Court to review decision granting Congress access to his financial records
- 12/06/19 White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing
- 12/09/19 Trump claims DOJ inspector general report shows ‘attempted overthrow’ of the government
- 12/12/19 Trump goes on Twitter tear ahead of panel vote on articles of impeachment
- 12/12/19 Trump, hours before impeachment vote, says ‘no crime,’ ‘crazy!’
Sideshow Rudy:
- 12/02/19 Prosecutor says new charges ‘likely’ in case against Rudy Giuliani associates
- 12/02/19 New charges likely in case against Giuliani associates
- 12/02/19 U.S. ‘Likely’ to Bring New Charges in Giuliani-Allies Case
- 12/02/19 New charges likely in case against Rudy Giuliani associates, prosecutors say
- 12/02/19 Lawyer for Giuliani associate petitions court to release documents and recordings seized by feds to Congress
- 12/03/19 Giuliani mystery phone calls, texts uncovered by Democrats’ impeachment report
- 12/03/19 Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes
- 12/03/19 House Intelligence Committee sends report on Trump and Ukraine to judiciary panel, paving way for possible articles of impeachment
- 12/03/19 Call records show Devin Nunes in contact with indicted Giuliani associate
- 12/03/19 Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy Giuliani’s Phone Records—And They’re Quite Revealing
- 12/04/19 Giuliani, Facing Scrutiny, Travels to Europe to Interview Ukrainians
- 12/04/19 New York Times: Giuliani traveled to Hungary and Ukraine to meet with ex-prosecutors in effort to defend Trump
- 12/06/19 Pressure builds for Giuliani as associate enters talks over potential plea deal
- 12/06/19 Trump’s attorney Giuliani collects more dirt on visit to Kyiv
- 12/07/19 Trump: Giuliani ‘wants to go before Congress’ about Ukraine trip
- 12/07/19 Trump: Giuliani will report to Justice Department, Congress on his investigations in Ukraine
- 12/08/19 Inside Giuliani’s dual roles: Power-broker-for-hire and shadow foreign policy adviser
- 12/11/19 Giuliani Ally Parnas Got $1 Million From Russia, U.S. Says
- 12/11/19 Prosecutors Say Giuliani Associate Parnas Hid Income, Should Be Detained
- 12/12/19 US prosecutors turn to possible bribery charges in investigation over Ukrainian natural gas company
- 12/13/19 Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani spotted at White House amid House Judiciary impeachment vote
- 12/13/19 Rudy Giuliani heads to White House amid Trump impeachment drama over Ukraine scheme
- 12/13/19 ‘Just Having Fun’: Giuliani Doubles Down on Ukraine Probes
Justice Department:
- 12/09/19 AG Barr condemns IG report’s finding that FBI probe of Trump campaign was justified
- 12/09/19 DOJ watchdog finds Russia investigation not improper, despite missteps
- 12/09/19 Barr and Durham Publicly Disagree With Horowitz Report on Russia Inquiry
- 12/10/19 Barr thinks FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’ in probing Trump campaign’s links to Russia
- 12/12/19 DOJ quietly posts internal legal opinions about immunity from congressional testimony
Documents:
- 12/04/19 READ: Professor Noah Feldman Opening Statement
- 12/04/19 READ: Professor Michael Gerhardt Opening Statement
- 12/04/19 READ: Professor Pamela S. Karlan
- 12/04/19 READ: Professor Jonathan Turley
- 12/05/19 READ: Full text of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment inquiry update
- 12/06/19 READ: Letter from Schiff to VP Pence
- 12/07/19 READ: Constitutional Grounds for Impeachment
- 12/07/19 PRESS RELEASE: Monday: House Judiciary Hearing to Receive Counsel Presentations of Evidence in the Impeachment Inquiry of President Donald Trump
- 12/09/19 READ: OIG Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
- 12/09/19 READ: Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General’s Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
- 12/10/19 WATCH: House Democrats Announce Articles of Impeachment
- 12/10/19 READ: H. Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump
- 12/12/19 FOIA: Ukraine Documents obtained by The Center For Public Integrity
Public Hearings:
- 12/04/19 Hearing on Constitutional Framework for Impeachment
- 12/09/19 Hearing on Evidence in Impeachment Inquiry
- 12/11/19 Markup: House Judiciary Committee Debate of Articles of Impeachment, Day 1
- 12/11/19 Markup: Day 2 House Judiciary Debates Articles of Impeachment
- 12/13/19 Markup: Day 3 House Judiciary Votes on Articles of Impeachment
Timeline has been updated. Breaking news starts below.
Missed one,
Meeting Announcement for H. Res. 755—Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 11:00 AM in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:
- H. Res. 755 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Created:
Dec 13, 2019
A Great Big Gift Not on Trump’s Disclosure Form: Giuliani’s Legal Advice
The lawyer, of course, is Rudolph W. Giuliani, but Mr. Trump did not mention Mr. Giuliani or his unpaid labor on the annual financial disclosure he filed in May, which requires that the value and source of gifts — including free legal work — be publicly listed.
That requirement is cut and dried, said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She cited guidance from the Office of Government Ethics, issued in November 2017, that states federal officials must disclose “gifts of legal defenses — in kind or by payment of the fees.”
“The purpose is to ensure the public has an opportunity to see whether there is any kind of corrupting influence,” said Ms. Clark, who has written on ethics issues involving government employees in need of lawyers.
So if Giuliani doesn’t technically work for Mr. Trump and he doesn’t work for the US Government, what the fuck does this crazy man think he’s doing?
T’s sway is moving this Dem over to R.
The freshman Democrat, who represents a New Jersey district where President Trump is popular, told aides he will announce his switch next week.
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Mr. Van Drew has spoken with senior advisers to Mr. Trump about announcing his switch at an event at the White House either immediately before or just after the House votes on two articles of impeachment, which is expected to happen on Wednesday, according to Republicans and Democrats.
Lindsey Graham invites Rudy Giuliani to Judiciary panel to discuss recent Ukraine visit
Sen. Lindsey Graham is inviting Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his recent trip to Ukraine.
In an interview airing on Face the Nation Sunday, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said that Giuliani, who is serving as the president’s personal attorney, could appear before his committee separately from the impending Senate impeachment trial.
“Rudy, if you want to come and tell us what you found, I’ll be glad to talk to you,” Graham said. “We can look at what Rudy’s got and Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and anything else you want to look at after impeachment. But if Rudy wants to come to the Judiciary Committee and testify about what he found, he’s welcome to do so.”
Giuliani traveled to Ukraine earlier this month to gather information intended to discredit the House’s impeachment probe, which focuses on Trump pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate the Bidens. Giuliani was spotted at the White House on Friday.
Graham said he didn’t know what material Giuliani had gathered.
Lots of discussion on Twitter. I think it’s one for one with Amash. Do you think it’s a big deal for Democrats or just noteworthy like Amash was when he changed his party to Independent?
I think it is just plain gamesmanship …I win, you lose strategy. Is it a big deal…it is because it gives T that talking piint…AND reinforces his ‘control’ via bully tactics to outstrip the Dema.
It feels though like a one-off…Amash at least has integrity.
This guy is motivated by fear…and looks very pliant to our eyes.
I sure hope T gets some kind of real pushback…not just along party lines.
I think this is right. It’s not good that it happened and it gives Trump that talking point at a bad time for Democrats. I guess this guy might not have been doing well in his district? Sucks for Democrats who voted for him in 2018, they need a new candidate.
A federal judge has ordered the State Department to look for and release more documents relating to the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday that the department must search for more Ukraine-related documents and give them to American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the watchdog group.
The State Department had previously given the group documents from Aug. 2 or earlier but will now be required to provide additional documents dated through Oct. 18.
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American Oversight said in a tweet that the new records "would include any communications of senior officials, like Sec. Pompeo, with Giuliani or with anyone outside the government about the Ukraine pressure campaign."
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The move comes after the State Department late last month released a tranche of documents in response to the request from American Oversight.Those documents showed repeated contacts between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Weeks of congressional hearings and debate have failed to move the electorate on impeachment, according to the latest Fox News Poll. At the same time, approval of President Trump’s job performance has climbed three points.
Currently, 45 percent of voters approve of the job Trump’s doing, up from 42 percent in late October. Over half, 53 percent, disapprove. That lands the president almost exactly where he started the year, as 43 percent approved and 54 percent disapproved in January.
The poll, conducted Sunday through Wednesday, also finds 50 percent want Trump impeached and removed from office, 4 percent say impeached but not removed, and 41 percent oppose impeaching him altogether.
Here’s what his polling numbers (within the tweet) seem to suggest…Van Drew’s numbers were indicating his constituency disliked impeachment and therefore would vote against Van Drew if he did vote with Dems.
(Polling numbers…but hard to decifer)
Freshman Democrats push for Amash as impeachment manager
A private campaign is underway to draft Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) as an impeachment manager in the Senate trial of President Trump, a bid to diversify House Democrats’ appeal to voters with a rare conservative voice.
A group of 30 freshman Democrats, led by Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), has asked House leaders to consider the libertarian, who left the Republican Party earlier this year, for the small group tasked with arguing its case for removing Trump in the upper chamber, according to several Democratic officials.
The thinking, according to these people, is that Amash would reach conservative voters in a way Democrats can’t, potentially bolstering their case to the public. He also would provide Democrats cover from GOP accusations that they’re pursuing a partisan impeachment; Amash is one of the most conservative members of the House and a vocal Trump critic.
“To the extent that this can be bipartisan, it should, and I think including Representative Amash amongst the impeachment managers is a smart move both for the country, for the substance and for the optics,” Phillips said, adding that Amash brings an array of qualifications: He’s an attorney, a constitutionalist and “the first and only member of the Republican conference, when he was a Republican, to show courage,” Phillips added.
Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving the GOP.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) would ultimately make the call and is expected to announce managers early this week, multiple Democrats said. Amash did not respond to a request for comment about whether he would accept such a position. But Phillips, who is in touch with Amash about the idea, said the lawmaker has agreed to consider it if asked.
Americans remain divided on impeachment
More Republicans prefer the Senate not hold a trial at all (46%) than hold a trial that acquits the president (40%).
Rather unremarkable poll until they asked if the GOP prefers what kind of nothing they want to do about Trump. More would rather do nothing, not hold a senate trial at all, than acquit the President. Says everything about the state of Congressional Republican oversight.
House Judiciary Committee publishes full impeachment report
Page count 658
12/15/19 READ: House Judiciary Committee Report on the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
Update from Politico,
President Donald Trump committed criminal bribery and wire fraud, the House Judiciary Committee alleges in a report that will accompany articles of impeachment this week.
The report, a 169-page assessment of the case for Trump’s removal from office, contends that Trump committed “multiple federal crimes” — ones that Democrats addressed under the broad umbrella of “abuse of power,” the first article of impeachment against the president.
Sen Schumer telling R’s you are breaching your Senate responsibilities by not having an actual trial.
@tribelaw
BREAKING NEWS: Schumer’s proposal to McConnell. If he rejects these reasonable ground rules & insists on a non-trial, the House should consider treating that as a breach of the Senate’s oath & withholding the Articles until the Senate reconsiders
Impeachment letter 12.15.19 is within @tribelaw’s tweet.