Opinion: Trump’s latest moves demand a tougher response. A leading Democrat shows how.
By Greg Sargent Greg Sargent Opinion writer covering national politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 29 at 9:42 AM Now that Attorney General William P. Barr is apparently threatening not to testify to Congress about the Mueller report’s findings, the difficulties Democrats face in holding President Trump accountable for his corruption and lawlessness are growing more acute by the day.
But a more aggressive approach would tie the threat of impeachment directly to Trump’s current stonewalling. Barr is also balking at another demand: Democrats want to retain the option of questioning Barr in a closed-door session about material in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report that remains redacted. Barr says this would interfere with his ability to deliver his testimony as he had hoped to.
On top of all that, the Treasury Department is still rejecting Democratic demands for Trump’s tax returns. Legal experts have said that if Democrats do launch an impeachment inquiry, it could strengthen Democrats’ legal hand in compelling cooperation on multiple fronts.In our interview, Lieu said he agrees with this analysis, and that this is why Democrats should be prepared to launch an impeachment inquiry in direct response to maximal stonewalling.
Lieu noted that one way to do this could be for the Judiciary Committee to advance one article of impeachment as the subject of hearings, pointing out that the third article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon was precisely this.
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