“The administration has decided that they are not going to honor their oath of office. Every day, they are advertising their obstruction of justice by ignoring subpoenas and by declaring that people shouldn’t come and speak to Congress,”– said Pelosi.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the United States was in the midst of a constitutional crisis over the Trump administration’s refusal to submit to a subpoena for the full, unredacted report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The U.S. found itself in this situation, claimed Nadler,"because the president is disobeying the law, is refusing all information to Congress." The committee’s investigation, led by GOP Senator Richard Burr, into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election has been going on for more than two years, alongside Mueller’s. The subpoena is a pretty clear indication that the committee had likely asked Trump Jr. to testify voluntarily, and that he declined.
Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in Washington, D.C., on May 1. Barr, the nation’s top law enforcement official, was cited for contempt of Congress Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Executive Privilege!Just before the contempt vote Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he would use his “executive privilege" —which allows him to shield certain information from other branches of government and the American people if it is for their protection —to block any release of the full Mueller report.
Self-Impeachment!Pelosi also made comments about the possibility of an impeachment hearing for President Trump on Wednesday. In the past—despite growing calls in favor of impeachment from rank-and-file members and prominent presidential candidates—Pelosi had been reluctant to get behind the idea.
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