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The next few weeks
Posted on: September 28, 2019 at 09:28:26 CT
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Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank) and the other chairmen of three House committees subpoenaed Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Friday, for example, over his failure to produce documents related to Ukraine. They also scheduled depositions for five State Department officials who were cited in a whistleblower complaint released Thursday — Ambassadors Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch, Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent and Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl.
Oversight committees have been demanding documents since January, when Democrats took over the House, but the administration rebuffed most of those requests. That becomes harder under the legal weight of an impeachment investigation.
Although Republican support in Congress appears solid, that firewall could falter if damaging new revelations emerge or if lawmakers find public support crumbling back in their districts. Congress went on recess Friday for two weeks and some lawmakers planned to hold town halls to gauge constituents’ views on impeachment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said months ago that if the House does vote for impeachment, the Senate “has no choice” but to hold a trial to decide whether to remove Trump from office. There’s no sign that the GOP-controlled Senate, where 67 votes are required to remove the president from office, is about to turn on Trump.
“At this point, [Trump] could be caught walking out of a Federal Reserve bank with two giant sacks of money in his hands and no Republican would vote to impeach him for grand larceny,” said a senior Senate GOP aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“Our voters want two things from their congressmen: [dumping] on the media and blindly defending the president,” the aide added. “That’s what being a Republican has come to.”
But that could change. Stay tuned.
Oversight committees have been demanding documents since January, when Democrats took over the House, but the administration rebuffed most of those requests. That becomes harder under the legal weight of an impeachment investigation.
Although Republican support in Congress appears solid, that firewall could falter if damaging new revelations emerge or if lawmakers find public support crumbling back in their districts. Congress went on recess Friday for two weeks and some lawmakers planned to hold town halls to gauge constituents’ views on impeachment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said months ago that if the House does vote for impeachment, the Senate “has no choice” but to hold a trial to decide whether to remove Trump from office. There’s no sign that the GOP-controlled Senate, where 67 votes are required to remove the president from office, is about to turn on Trump.
“At this point, [Trump] could be caught walking out of a Federal Reserve bank with two giant sacks of money in his hands and no Republican would vote to impeach him for grand larceny,” said a senior Senate GOP aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“Our voters want two things from their congressmen: [dumping] on the media and blindly defending the president,” the aide added. “That’s what being a Republican has come to.”
But that could change. Stay tuned.
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