If the court allows them to obtain the information they seek, their attorney wrote, "new articles of impeachment" could be considered based on the evidence. GOP lawmakers reacted with stunned disbelief.
"Democrats are treating impeachment as an open bar tab," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., tweeted Monday afternoon. "Time to cut them off, take their car keys away (put GOP in control of the House), and end this insanity."
Democrats are treating impeachment as an open bar tab.— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2019
Time to cut them off, take their car keys away (put GOP in control of the House), and end this insanity.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who sits on the House Judiciary Committee that filed the briefs, reacted by saying, "You've got to be kidding."
He added: "It’s gone from the Kangaroo Court Impeachment... ...to the Keystone Cops Impeachment(s).. Will Pelosi send the Articles from the last Impeachment before drafting the next ones?!"
You’ve got to be kidding. They may impeach Trump again?!— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) December 23, 2019
It’s gone from the Kangaroo Court Impeachment...
...to the Keystone Cops Impeachment(s)..
Will Pelosi send the Articles from the last Impeachment before drafting the next ones?! #frivolousimpeachments#NoAgenda4America https://t.co/cr2RNJRha1
This is just a hunch, but I don’t think the House really wants to pursue more articles of impeachment against Trump. I think they are just making this legal argument with the court in order to convince the court to force Don McGahn to testify before the House. They’d love more than anything for McGahn to somehow damage Trump with his testimony regarding the Mueller investigation.
The DOJ is arguing that the courts should refrain from getting involved in this because the House has already voted to impeach Trump, saying “the primary justification for its decision to sue no longer exists.”
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