“Democrats are using the House Intelligence Committee in an unprecedented way as they consider whether to remove the president” and as Devin Nunes’s unproductive one acre (sic) farm in Tulare is revealed.
This reminds us that in Nixon’s time, there was no such committee. Now In conjunction with the House judiciary committee, there is more support for impeachment activity. Farmer Nunes is the cheese standing alone as the inquiry continues.
When Congress initiated impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon 45 years ago, the House Intelligence Committee didn’t exist.
Now, Democrats plan to use the panel — and its access to the nation’s most closely guarded counterintelligence secrets — to help guide a potential impeachment of President Donald Trump, according to Democratic aides.
The Intelligence Committee’s involvement could provide Democrats with more evidence against Trump that could strengthen their case against him.
The intelligence panel's role is a sign of the unprecedented nature of the questions surrounding Trump's relationship with Russia, as well as the uncharted territory House Democrats find themselves in as they consider whether to formally recommend Trump’s removal from office.
Typically, impeachment proceedings are the province of the House Judiciary Committee — and the panel, led by Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), has taken the lead in a nascent legal fight that its members say could lead to articles of impeachment. But Nadler isn’t going it alone.
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