(Gateway Pundit) – Democrat House Counsel Doug Letter suggested in court filing on Monday that the Judiciary Committee will move to impeach President Trump again if testimony from Trump’s former White House Counsel Don McGahn produces new evidence of ‘impeachable offenses.’
Judiciary Committee lawyers on Monday made their first argument in court since the House voted to impeach President Trump on two articles of impeachment last week without naming any crimes.
Above: Don McGahn
Don McGahn refused to testify in the House impeachment hearings so the Dems’ lawyers were back in court arguing they still need testimony from McGahn.
Politico reported:
HOUSE COUNSEL DOUGLAS LETTER SAID IN A FILING IN FEDERAL COURT THAT A SECOND IMPEACHMENT COULD BE NECESSARY IF THE HOUSE UNCOVERS NEW EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO OBSTRUCT INVESTIGATIONS OF HIS CONDUCT. LETTER MADE THE ARGUMENT AS PART OF AN INQUIRY BY THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS INTO WHETHER DEMOCRATS STILL NEED TESTIMONY FROM FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL DON MCGAHN AFTER THE VOTES LAST WEEK TO CHARGE TRUMP WITH ABUSE OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS.
“IF MCGAHN’S TESTIMONY PRODUCES NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE CONCLUSION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ARTICLES APPROVED BY THE HOUSE, THE COMMITTEE WILL PROCEED ACCORDINGLY — INCLUDING, IF NECESSARY, BY CONSIDERING WHETHER TO RECOMMEND NEW ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT,” LETTER WROTE.
Underscoring this point, House lawyers say if McGahn's testimony yields more evidence of obstruction it could lead to "new articles of impeachment." pic.twitter.com/DXiEl0KXwL
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 23, 2019
Earlier Monday Justice Department lawyers argued that the Democrats’ partisan impeachment vote last week undercut their ongoing demands for testimony from McGahn.
