Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files?

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Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching Trump in order to access Robert Mueller’s secrets?

Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller’s secrets?suggested that Congress’ access to some confidential evidence — like the kind obtained by Mueller — hinges on lawmakers launching a “judicial proceeding.”Republicans on the committee say the only “judicial proceeding” Congress can lead is an impeachment inquiry -- a claim they say is backed up by legal precedent and history.

But it’s a fight that could animate the next few weeks and months as Democrats attempt to pry loose as much information from Mueller’s probe as they can. They’re still awaiting access to a redacted version of Mueller’s 400-page report, which Attorney General William Barr has indicated he’ll deliver by mid-April.

That effort was complicated Friday by a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that said judges are not permitted to unseal grand jury information at their own discretion but rather must follow existing court guidelines that limit the disclosure of such material. Thosehave been used to share grand jury material with Congress “preliminary to or in connection with a judicial proceeding.”

 

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I believe so otherwise history will not be good to us and our free country.someting very dark is hovering over our LAW.

Hi ImMrMeseeks LookAtMe What stage of grief are we looking at here? Bargaining maybe? We're halfway to Acceptance

THEN JUST DO IT! We MUST get to the truth!

maybe so. and they should do it, at least the formality of it. there's enough in the public record to begin.

Let’s begin with initial thought processing

Then do it already!

Just keep pushing on the report. Drumpf cannot be impeached because the Republicans are cowards.

Michael Conway makes the case that the intended purpose of impeachment is to keep the chief exec in check rather than for his removal. Maybe the Dems ought to embrace the intended use and control the messaging thereof. [Have a read: ]

BARR AIN'T ABOVE THE LAW CAN'T HE BE CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION FOR TRYING TO KEEP DEM'S FROM GETTING MUELLER REPORT HAVE THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT GONE CRIMINAL JUST TO PROTECT TRUMP WASHINGTON NEED TO BE WIPED CLEAN OF ALL REPUBLICANS IT UP TO THE VOTERS IF THEY WANT FAIR GOVERNMENT

You mean the court actually expects the Democrats in congress to follow the law?

Ridiculous as ever.

. Yawn

As GOP, I like how the HouseDemocrats have accomplished NOTHING in their first 100 days. In the meantime POTUS VP just keep movin' right along. senatemajldr How's that judge count going?

Unhinged and divorced from reality.

Democrats are a threat to America

Where does it say that in the constitution? What a bunch of hockey. Oversight is oversight. Set up a hearing like a courtroom if that's what those second guessers want.

Impeachment should have started the day he fired Comey.

no because Trump has already said he wants the report to be shown

POLITICO, you have posted this same dead wood fake news story twice a day since I started following you. Why not post some real news twice a day. Here is some to start with...

For two years Muller was their messiah. Coming in on a white horse with handcuffs in one hand and the Constitution in the other. Ready to arrest Trump. How embarrassing for them now.

Oh please do make this more of shit show....smh...good luck with that

Ok. enough about impeachment, the Russian collusion & all that blah blah blah. There's REAL WORK that needs done in AMERICA. Onto HealTHCare. Onto Immigration reform. Onto cutting Government over-reach. If we done our job like our Elected representatives we wouldn't have a job.

To impeach or not What say the latest polls No evidence, just blind hate Our base wants blood to flow So lie, cheat and steal Are we Democrats or not? Preach tolerance with anger Hell's cold when we get hot MondayMotivation FoxNews nytimes BBCNews

“Access Mueller’s secrets” 🤪🤪💊🤪💊🤪🤪💊💊🤪💊🤪 TrumpDerangementSyndrome

Thank you, to the Patriots and Devin Nunes for protecting America and the President of the United States! USA

To save this country

Doesn't matter. The sad/pathetic dems won't succeed at impeaching Trump 🙄

Go ahead....Make our day.

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'If Trump’s behavior wasn’t criminal, perhaps it should have been,' top Democrat says of Mueller, impeachment“When the full scope of the president’s misconduct has been revealed, when his lies are debunked and his abuses have been laid bare, I believe that members of Congress on both sides of the aisle will draft legislation to curb the worst of his offenses,” wrote Congressman Jerry Nadler. Let’s have a bet - u will cry like a baby come 2020. ok...fine....change the laws. Do your job. Quit making up crimes so you can impeach a president. OK highbrow.
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