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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImpeachment. Top Expert Backgrounder..What Comes Next
Excellent article ..lengthy, but relevant information for what we may be reading in the days to come..
https://www.justsecurity.org/66363/top-expert-backgrounder-trumps-impeachment-what-comes-next/
The most straightforward way to achieve that goal: First, to subpoena key witnesses, as Chairman Nadlers committee has already done with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and others, particularly Attorney General Bill Barr, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, and Trumps private attorney Rudolph Giuliani. Should the witnesses refuse to appear, the Committee may seek expedited action by the courts to secure their testimonies and add to the evidence of obstruction of justice.
Second, to introduce before that Committee those testimonies, unredacted versions of the whistleblowers memo, transcripts of Trumps phone calls with President Zelensky, and other corroborating information in support of clearly written articles of impeachment.
Third, to hold a House Judiciary Committee hearing where committee counsel put the case for impeachment simply and directly, followed by a likely party-line vote in favor of particular articles of impeachment. Fourth, to hold a timed floor debate and vote out an impeachment resolution, perhaps supported by a few Republican votes, before Congress 2019 Thanksgiving recess.
Second, to introduce before that Committee those testimonies, unredacted versions of the whistleblowers memo, transcripts of Trumps phone calls with President Zelensky, and other corroborating information in support of clearly written articles of impeachment.
Third, to hold a House Judiciary Committee hearing where committee counsel put the case for impeachment simply and directly, followed by a likely party-line vote in favor of particular articles of impeachment. Fourth, to hold a timed floor debate and vote out an impeachment resolution, perhaps supported by a few Republican votes, before Congress 2019 Thanksgiving recess.
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Impeachment. Top Expert Backgrounder..What Comes Next (Original Post)
asiliveandbreathe
Sep 2019
OP
I believe Nadler had already issued several subpoenas, but madam speaker is choosing Schiff
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
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dem4decades
(11,304 posts)1. I'm confused. Subpoenas from Nadler not Schiff?
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)2. Reading through the article demonstrates..Pelosi's targeting...
From same article at Just Security...
News reports suggest that Speaker Pelosi has asked the relevant committees to take a rifleshot, not shotgun approach: to focus narrowly on drawing up Articles of Impeachment that will charge Trump with the extortion and coverup that the anonymous whistleblowers complaint shows and incomplete White House transcripts describe. The charge would state that by withholding foreign aid, Trump extorted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by urging him to investigate the Ukrainian activities of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens son.
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)3. I believe Nadler had already issued several subpoenas, but madam speaker is choosing Schiff
To head the impeachment inquiry. Just an FYI... Nadler is fine with that