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Kyle Cheney
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NEWS: DC's chief judge has *rejected* the House's effort to link the McGahn suit with the its effort to get Mueller grand jury files.

She sided with DOJ, arguing that the two matters have no legal relationship and would not speed things up. The filing:

politico.com/f/?id=0000016c…
THE LATEST: The House Judiciary Committee lost the first procedural fight in its effort to force McGahn to testify, failing to persuade D.C.'s chief judge to take the case.

Story w/ @AndrewDesiderio politico.com/story/2019/08/…
@AndrewDesiderio Dems argued that their consideration of impeaching Trump should link their Mueller-related cases in front of Chief Judge Howell, but Howell said their effort ran the risk of manipulating -- with no factual basis -- the rule of random case assignment. politico.com/story/2019/08/…
@AndrewDesiderio BREAKING: McGahn case assigned to Obama-appointed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. politico.com/story/2019/08/…
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Kyle Cheney
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NEW: Democrats are mixing their messages on impeachment and it's creating headaches inside and outisde the Capitol.

Story w/ @AndrewDesiderio
@sarahnferris and @heatherscope
politico.com/story/2019/09/…
@AndrewDesiderio @sarahnferris @heatherscope For example, here's what three different House Dems told us just this morning when we asked them what was going on. politico.com/story/2019/09/…
@AndrewDesiderio @sarahnferris @heatherscope It comes despite the insistence of top Democrats that their position is extremely clear and everyone is in alignment when it comes to the impeachment strategy/messge. Privately, members and aides say that just isn't the case.

politico.com/story/2019/09/…
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Kyle Cheney
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SCOOP: The Judiciary Committee is preparing to take its first formal vote to define its Trump impeachment investigation.

Language still in flux but a draft is tentatively planned for Mon. morning, with Wed. vote. Story w/ @heatherscope @BresPolitico

politico.com/story/2019/09/…
@heatherscope @BresPolitico The discussion came up during a conference call of committee Democrats Friday. Though Chairman Jerrold Nadler has declared impeachment proceedings are already underway, there's been confusion among Dems about how to characterize the issue to constituents. politico.com/story/2019/09/…
As my colleagues point out in @playbookplus today, the reason this story matters is if the Judiciary Committee really does set the formal parameters of impeachment proceedings it’ll be hard to stop a moving train >>>
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Kyle Cheney
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NEW: THe House Judiciary Committee has taken the first formal steps to broaden its impeachment probe to include questions about the president steering government business to his resorts -- highlighted by his push to host the G7 at Doral. Story TK

What the committee wants:
The push is part of a coordinated effort with the Overisght Committee to raise questions about government spending at Trump properties, particularly about VP Pence's stay at Trump's Doonbeg resort in Ireland. The details:

politico.com/story/2019/09/…
Pelosi made a rare foray into this issue this week when she portrayed Pence's stay at Doonbeg as part of an ongoing violation of the Constitution by Trump, abetted by his allies in government.

politico.com/story/2019/09/…
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