John Solomon
Breaking: House Dems tell SCOTUS ‘new articles of impeachment’ possible against Trump if Mueller documents turned over
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1262505698145062914
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/house-dems-tell-scotus-they-are-considering-new-articles
In a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, House Democrats reportedly said they are considering "'new articles of impeachment"
against President Trump.
The filing seeks to obtain redacted grand-jury material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe in order to fulfill an "ongoing presidential impeachment investigation" in their "weighty constitutional responsibility," as reported by Fox News on Monday.
"The [House Judiciary] Committee’s investigation did not cease with the conclusion of the impeachment trial," the Democrats wrote in their filing. "If this material reveals new evidence supporting the conclusion that President Trump committed impeachable offenses that are not covered by the articles adopted by the House, the committee will proceed accordingly – including, if necessary, by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment."
Democrats claimed they were investigating "the possible exercise of improper political influence over recent decisions made in the Roger Stone and Michael Flynn prosecutions, both of which were initiated by the special counsel."
The House has already conducted an impeachment trial on Trump, voting for an impeachment of the president. The U.S. Senate rejected the impeachment and voted to acquit the president of allegations that he improperly interacted with the president of the Ukraine in order to boost Trump's own domestic re-election bid.
The attorney general under Trump, William Barr, recently asked the Justice Department to dismiss the federal case against Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser.
The Justice Department earlier this month recommended a federal judge reverse the conviction of Flynn and drop the criminal charges, a stunning reversal in a case that became a powerful symbol of FBI misconduct in the Russia investigation.