When Republican congressman Matt Gaetz tried to attend an impeachment inquiry deposition Monday morning in the U.S. Capitol, he ran smack into the often arcane and confusing rules of Congress. Here's why he wasn't allowed to attend.
When Republican congressman Matt Gaetz tried to attend an impeachment inquiry deposition Monday morning at the U.S. Capitol, he ran smack into the often arcane and confusing rules of Congress.
The depositions are run by committee staff. Members of Congress from these three committees are invited to attend and observe, but only staff are asking the questions. “Judiciary Chairman [Nadler] claimed to have begun the impeachment inquiry weeks ago,” he wrote. “Now, his own Judiciary members aren’t even allowed to participate in it.”
On Sept. 9, the Oversight and Foreign Affairs Committees together sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about their concerns that Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani had “acted outside legitimate law enforcement and diplomatic channels to coerce the Ukrainian government into pursuing two politically motivated investigations under the guise of anticorruption activity.
“Committees are engaged based on their jurisdiction and prior investigations into related issues,” said a House Democratic leadership aide.
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