The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena on Friday for special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s full report as Democrats intensified their investigation of President Donald Trump, but leaders stopped short of liberal demands for impeachment proceedings.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has insisted on a methodical, step-by-step approach to the House\u2019s oversight of the Trump administration, and she refuses to consider impeachment without public support, including from Republicans, which seems unlikely.
But in light of Mueller\u2019s findings, Democratic leaders are under mounting pressure from the party\u2019s rising stars, deep-pocketed donors and even a presidential contender to seize the moment as a jumping-off point for trying to remove Trump from office.
Speaking on Friday in Belfast as Pelosi wrapped up a congressional visit to Ireland, she declined to signal action beyond Congress\u2019s role as a check and balance for the White House.
That approach isn\u2019t enough for some liberals who see in Trump\u2019s actions not just a president unfit for office but evidence of obstruction serious enough that Mueller said he could not declare Trump exonerated.Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now signed on to an impeachment resolution from fellow Democratic Rep Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, bringing new energy to the effort. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, a presidential candidate, said on Friday the House \u201cshould initiate impeachment proceedings against the president\u201d.
And billionaire Tom Steyer, a leading advocate of impeachment, has grown impatient with the House\u2019s pace of investigations and wants televised hearings to focus Americans\u2019 attention on Trump. Democrats, though, may see greater power in pursuing an investigative effort, leaving impeachment on the shelf as a break-glass option.The Judiciary chairman, Rep Jerrold Nadler, says he expects the Justice Department to comply with the committee\u2019s subpoena for the full report by May 1. That\u2019s the same day Attorney General William Barr is to testify before a Senate committee and one day before Barr is to appear before Nadler\u2019s panel. Nadler also has summoned Mueller to testify by May 23.
\u201cIt now falls to Congress to determine the full scope of that alleged misconduct and to decide what steps we must take going forward,\u201d Nadler said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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