, 9 tweets, 4 min read
Judge “Howell also asked Letter whether a president could be impeached for lying to the public.” ‘I believe so, yes, absolutely,’ he replied. And she asked whether Trump needed to have committed a crime to be impeached. ‘No, he does not.’”
politico.com/news/2019/10/0…
.@HouseJudiciary July 26 Court Petition–
“This Court is authorized to disclose these materials pursuant to Rule 6(e)(3)(E) because the Committee seeks to use them ‘preliminarily to or in connection with a judicial proceeding.’” Key phrase: “PRELIMINARY TO”
politico.com/news/2019/10/0…
July 26 Petition (cont'd) ...“The D.C. Circuit has construed that provision to apply where, as here, this Committee is conducting an investigation to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment.”
“A vote of the full House is not required to launch an impeachment inquiry & there's no authority for the White House to make this claim. There is no such requirement in the Constitution or the House Rules.”- @RepCummings J.D., U. Md. School of Law
oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Judge smells treason-
"’I’d like to know how much information the department is resisting giving to the U.S. Congress has already been shared with foreign government officials,’ Howell asked, pressing the DOJ attorney to return with an answer by Friday.”
politico.com/news/2019/10/0…
.@HouseJudiciary July 26 Court Petition-
“This Court is authorized to disclose these materials pursuant to Rule 6(e)(3)(E) because the Committee seeks to use them ‘preliminarily to or in connection with a judicial proceeding.’” Key phrase: “PRELIMINARY TO”
judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrat…
@HouseJudiciary “The Constitution grants the House ‘sole power of impeachment’ and the chambers set their own rules. The White House claims the House must hold a full vote to render the inquiry operative, but this is simply baseless.”
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
“The Constitution makes clear the House can conduct its Trump impeachment inquiry however it wants.”
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
July 26, 2019 –
“The House has already opened an impeachment investigation against Trump. Forget the political optics. As a matter of law, the Judiciary Committee’s actions are clear.”
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
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