Democrats say they're willing to play the long game to hold the Trump administration to account.
House Democratic leaders are settling in for what they say could be a long, hot summer of legal battles to obtain the full unredacted Mueller report and President Trump’s tax returns.
“When we’re ready, we’ll come to the floor,” she said Thursday. “This is very methodical. It’s very Constitution-based. It’s very law-based. It’s very factually based.”go to court to try to enforce a subpoena demanding that Barr hand over the entire, unredacted report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
So far, Democratic lawmakers are falling in line behind Pelosi’s more cautious approach, trying to keep the focus on the multiple House investigations into the president. But several lawmakers, including key members of the House Judiciary Committee, emphasized that impeachment is still a possibility.
Several Democrats said they expected they would have access to the full Mueller report within six months. Others predict that the Trump administration will be able to drag out the process longer.Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that Democrats were rushing"at lightning speed" to hold Barr in contempt.
, and the president sued his banks and accounting firm to block the institutions from releasing them.found that 48% of people say Congress should not hold impeachment hearings. An additional one-third says the House should continue investigations to see whether there’s enough evidence to hold impeachment hearings.
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