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In reply to the discussion: An impeachment inquiry ISN'T the only way for the House to get secret grand jury material, after all [View all]watoos
(7,142 posts)10. Listening to dozens of Constitutional scholars,
To start with, Barr himself said that he would release the grand jury testimony for an impeachment hearing.
The seriousness of an impeachment hearing bolsters the argument for the courts to be expedient. Once an impeachment hearing is opened up and there is evidence in the grand jury testimony to prove that impeachment is warranted, it would be obstructive to the impeachment to withhold evidence.
An impeachment hearing carries more clout with the courts, that's just common sense, and people a lot smarter than me have said the same. The process should be the same if we didn't have a corrupt AG obstructing everything.
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An impeachment inquiry ISN'T the only way for the House to get secret grand jury material, after all [View all]
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
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Rachel Maddow jumped on this bandwagon for a couple of days, but then jumped off when knowledgeable
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
#3
This is not a constitutional issue - it's a matter of statutory interpretation
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#13
Barr doesn't have the power to release the material without a court order
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#31
How do you know the "best" way to get this is through an impeachment hearing?
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
#9
Please stop arguing, You don't know the law and don't understand the process
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
#15
They have to actually GET them before this is evidence that impeachment wasn't the only way
FBaggins
Jun 2019
#21
Impeachment only gives them the right to ask. It doesn't guarantee them anything
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#22
The resolution doesn't need to explicitly "establish that the hearings going forward are preliminary
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#24
I do too. Never mind. You can please some of the people all of the time, but not all of the peeps
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#30
A whole lot of people both in the media and on DU are saying it's the only way.
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#29
Thank you for all your work to explain to us how and why impeachment is not the only way
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#28