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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2019, 11:43 AM Aug 2019

House Judiciary lawsuit against McGahn: Members are seeking info on whether or not to impeach

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New: House Judiciary designated its subpoena lawsuit against Don McGahn as "related" to Dems' petition to unseal Mueller grand jury materials. Judge asked them to explain why. They argue the goal of both cases is getting info about whether to impeach Trump https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6255916/8-12-19-House-Judiciary-Response-Show-Cause.pdf …

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House Judiciary lawsuit against McGahn: Members are seeking info on whether or not to impeach (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 OP

Bam, there it is ... it's in their constitutional purview to impeach ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #1

Nadler has already said they are in a formal impeachment inquiry. triron Aug 2019 #2

Not quite FBaggins Aug 2019 #3

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Bam, there it is ... it's in their constitutional purview to impeach ...

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2019, 11:50 AM

Aug 2019

I don't see how the judge can refuse to enforce this subpoena when explained by this reasoning.

But we'll see I suppose ...

triron

(21,984 posts)

2. Nadler has already said they are in a formal impeachment inquiry.

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2019, 12:56 PM

Aug 2019

This lawsuit was in preparation of gathering evidence to vote on articles of impeachment.

FBaggins

(26,721 posts)

3. Not quite

Reply to triron (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 12, 2019, 05:30 PM

Aug 2019

He avoids using that term... but that it's "important not to get hung up on semantics"

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