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Nancy Pelosi just announced a formal impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump: buzzfeednews.com/article/addyba…

That rustling sound you hear is judges at the federal courthouse in DC prepping their robes for the likely uptick in congressional subpoena fights.
Pelosi's announcement came amid the firestorm over the whistleblower complaint, but it doesn't restrict what committees can investigate under the impeachment umbrella — recall House Judiciary has cited impeachment in arguing for Mueller grand jury info buzzfeednews.com/article/addyba…
Latest from @addysue: The Ukraine Story Is A Much Easier Sell Than The Mueller Report Ever Was, Pro-Impeachment Democrats Say
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BREAKING: A NY federal judge has blocked the Trump admin's new "public charge" rule, which would restrict the ability of immigrants to get permanent residency if they receive/are likely to receive public benefits: scribd.com/document/42982…

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Here's the full opinion from Judge George Daniels issuing a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing the new public charge rule: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6467…
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NOW: The DC Circuit has affirmed a lower court order rejecting Trump's legal challenge to House Dems' subpoena seeking financial records from Trump's accounting firm — waiting on the full opinion, here's the one-page summary
BREAKING: The DC Circuit ruled Trump's accounting firm must comply with Democrats' subpoena for records about the president and his businesses.

"...the Committee possesses authority under both the House Rules and the Constitution to issue the subpoena..."
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NOW: Spokesperson for SDNY US attorney's office has confirmed Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are in custody, and that it's an SDNY case
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And this deep dive from July about what Parnas and Fruman were doing with Rudy Giuliani: buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
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[NP]elosism to announce she WILL impeach OUR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP over the Ukraine call after [JB]iden accuses him of 'abuse of power' - as the president says he will publish transcript of the conversation
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