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BREAKING (!): Judge rules the House is entitled to Mueller grand jury material. Huge win for Judiciary Committee / Dems.
Howell rules that DOJ must provide the House the grand jury material redacted form Mueller's report by Oct. 30.
DOUBLE !!: Howell determines that the House is in the middle of "an official impeachment inquiry."
Check here for updates as we comb through this lengthy ruling: politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
The key quote from Howell: "Even in cases of presidential impeachment, a House resolution has never, in fact, been
required to begin an impeachment inquiry."
DOJ had claimed the House was walking away from negotiations too early. Howell said Pat Cipollone's Oct. 8 letter blows up that argument:

“These arguments smack of farce. The reality is that DOJ and the White House have been openly stonewalling the House’s efforts."
MORE from Howell on the GOP argument that impeachment process requires a vote:

"The precedential support cited for the 'House resolution' test is cherry-picked and incomplete ... this test has no textual support in the U.S. Constitution, the governing rules of the House."
The latest updates from me and @joshgerstein: politico.com/news/2019/10/2…

Here's the full text of the ruling: politico.com/f/?id=0000016e…
HOWELL also becomes the latest judge to point out that the OLC opinion forbidding the indictment of a sitting president "has never been adopted, sanctioned, or in any way approved by a court."

politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
MORE FROM THE RULING: Howell contends DOJ view would prevent all accountability for a president.

"The Executive Branch would be empowered to wall off any evidence of presidential misconduct from the House by placing that evidence before a grand jury."

politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
ONE THING TO WATCH: This ruling could have repercussions for the Judiciary Committee's effort to enforce a subpoena against Don MCGAHN. Their suit calls McGahn the most important witness in their effort to determine whether Trump committed impeachable obstruction of justice.
One important note: Nancy Pelosi's embrace of impeachment really did have an effect on the House's legal case >>>

politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Top GOP lawmaker on Judiciary Committee @RepDougCollins calls Howell’s ruling “dangerous” and hopes for a quick appeal.
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Kyle Cheney
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NEW: Fiona Hill is *not* going to take kindly to any suggestion Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. From her opening statement:
Hill is the closer for Democrats, a no-nonsense Russia expert who worked closely w/ Bolton and raised alarms about Sondland and Giuliani. The rundown, w/@AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2019/11/2…
Hill, who notes she was initially hired to Trump admin by General Flynn, calls out “some of you” on the Intel Committee (read: some of the Republicans) as casting doubt on Russian interference in 2016. politico.com/news/2019/11/2…
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SCHIFF: Sondland’s testimony “goes right to the heart of the issue of bribery as well as other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

“The veneer has been torn away.”

He says now he sees why Pompeo and Trump are blocking docs from Congress.
He says Sondland revealed that knowledge of the quid pro quo was “pervasive.”
NUNES starts without addressing substance of Sondland's remarks. Goes after Alexandra Chalupa and 2016-related matters.
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NEWS(!): Sondland to say definitively there was a quid pro quo for a White House meeting. “Was there a quid pro quo? The answer is yes.”

And this: “Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret.” Mulvaney, Pompeo, Perry and others, he says.

politico.com/news/2019/11/2…
FULL SONDLAND STATEMENT: politico.com/f/?id=0000016e…
SONDLAND also plans to trash RUDY, but say he was forced to work with him because it was a "directive" from Trump.

"We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani. Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt ... So we followed the President’s orders."

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#BREAKING: Senate Democrats say there is clear evidence that Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 election. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee just released their findings. Here is their full report:
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