Executive Privilege Fight Inches Democrats Closer To Impeachment

[Dulcinea]

If House Democrats ultimately begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, last week will be remembered as one of the pivotal turning points.

President Trump's decision to invoke executive privilege over the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller is prompting impeachment skeptics like Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., to reconsider.

"I have to be honest with you, I once said I would be the last person standing against impeachment, and now, I'm squatting," Cleaver told NPR.

While some Democrats hope the Judiciary Committee's decision to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt will force the administration back to the negotiation table, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders made clear the president will not budge on his executive privilege claim over the Mueller report. "This is fully consistent with that precedent and it is fully consistent with the president actually upholding the law," Sanders told reporters last week.

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/722438309/executive-privilege-fight-inches-democrats-closer-to-impeachment

[Guilded Lilly]

1. We are so beyond The Cretin conman following any rule of law or humanity that we must...

seriously weigh all options, even with risks. He is certainly not alone in his narcissistic treachery, but he is the biggest tool in the destruction of our democracy.

[lagomorph777]

2. What's he hiding?

We need to repeat this loudly and often. It's that simple. Trump is hiding something truly terrible, something that will turn the American public overwhelmingly against him. He makes that more obvious every single day.