The House impeachment inquiry is set to enter its third phase this week as the investigation shifts over to the House Judiciary Committee and lawmakers prepare to review and vote on a report being produced by the House Intelligence Committee.

The week represents one of the most crucial of the House Democrats’ impeachment efforts and one that could help move the process along toward a trial in the Senate more than two months after kicking off the inquiry into President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The report will become the basis for any and all articles of impeachment that are drafted by the Judiciary panel and brought before the full House for a vote. A vote to impeach the president is still expected to take place before Christmas (The Hill).



Here’s a look at this week’s packed schedule:



> Today: The House Intelligence Committee will review an impeachment investigation report.



> Tuesday evening: The Intelligence panel will hold a committee vote after lawmakers return to Washington from recess.



> Wednesday: House Judiciary Committee hearings officially kick off, with the first titled “The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment.”



Adding another layer to the impeachment battle, White House counsel Pat Cipollone informed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) that it will not participate in Wednesday’s hearing.



"We cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear whether the Judiciary Committee will afford the President a fair process through additional hearings," Cipollone wrote. “More importantly, an invitation to an academic discussion with law professors does not begin to provide the President with any semblance of a fair process.”



Cipollone, however, said he did not rule out potential participation in future hearings.



Sunday Talk Shows: Focus shifts to Judiciary impeachment hearing.



Axios: What to expect from the next phase of impeachment.



The Washington Post: Republicans to mount aggressive campaign against impeachment as spotlight turns to Judiciary panel.



The Associated Press: July 25 forecast: Sunny, with cloud of impeachment for Trump.



While hearings at Judiciary kick off on Wednesday, it still remains an open question whether the Intelligence panel will continue to interview witnesses as part of the impeachment probe. The administration continues to stonewall the investigation, and others who could potentially testify are being held back due to lawsuits or the appeals process in federal court.



Cristina Marcos took a look this weekend at some of those who could provide key information and help fill in the gaps for investigators. Among those listed: the president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and former national security adviser John Bolton, who remains the most likely of the seven officials on the list to talk with investigators.



Along with those who may testify, there also remains a horde of unanswered questions, some of which Niall Stanage examines in a recent memo. One key unknown is how polls may shift, even as public opinion has remained split and relatively static since the inquiry launched in September. Stanage writes that partisans can argue that some change in public opinion is just around the next corner, but there is sparse evidence to back up that argument.



Another key question: What happens once the dust settles on impeachment and the process ends in a Senate trial that does not convict the president? If anything, some expect that the proceedings will rally the GOP around Trump even further.



“I don’t see a lot of evidence that public opinion has moved in one direction or the other,” said GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak. “I’m not sure it is doing very much except rallying the base of both parties. I think, if anything, it is rallying Republicans around Trump.”



The Hill: Rep. Adam Schiff's (D-Calif.) star rises with impeachment hearings.



The New York Times: Sidelined for months, Judiciary panel will reclaim impeachment drive it once led.
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Twitter liberals ridicule Trump for pretending he wants to participate in hearings


FIFY AC

Stick your 'liberal' tag back up your arse sideways , dork..


you don't get to label me or any one @handle I post on here.

it's meaningless ,mindless cliche for your whackjob narcissist group think.

spɹɐʍoɔ snoɯʎuouɐ  Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:43 PM)

Stick your 'liberal' tag back up your arse sideways , dork..


you don't get to label me or any one @handle I post on here.

it's meaningless ,mindless cliche for your whackjob narcissist group think.

You ever in your life support a conservative? Republican?

You ever in your life find a liberal to be wrong?

If it walks like a duck....

spɹɐʍoɔ snoɯʎuouɐ  Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:43 PM)

Stick your 'liberal' tag back up your arse sideways , dork..


you don't get to label me or any one @handle I post on here.

it's meaningless ,mindless cliche for your whackjob narcissist group think.

^^
Liberal

LoP Guest  Wrote: (12-02-2019 04:58 PM)

spɹɐʍoɔ snoɯʎuouɐ  Wrote: (12-02-2019 04:41 PM)

indeed.. The FBI was well aware of Trump/Russian mob money laundering in the 80's and 90's

another stale and overused and demonstrably false line of defense and deflection.. of course someone with the IC cred of Steele was going to find dirt on his actions and people he connects to, involvement with oligarchs and the Russian state. Also bear in mind investigations have a snowball effect of creating more investigations.. and Trump's activities are orchestrated to be chaotic and complex to the point of being untraceable.. this is a well defined tactic across the spectrum of the whole psychological operation.

The democrats paid an ex british spy to dig up dirt on PRESIDENT Trump and there was nothing to dig up so he made up a bunch of sh*t and you IDIOTS fell for it.
Nothing but a report, the Steele Dossier.
Warrants to spy on a US candidate for the presidency exist and were gotten with the made up Steele dossier.

On the other hand, Biden DID do quid pro quo and you guys gloss it over.
Obama DID go soft on Russia and promised them he could work with them after he was reelected AND YOU GLOSSED OVER IT!
Your star witness PRESUMED what PRESIDENT Trump meant, wanted, was motivated by.
VIDEO OF THESE EVENTS ACTUALLY EXIST!
Until Youtube deletes it.

Best post in this attempted shill thread.

spɹɐʍoɔ snoɯʎuouɐ  Wrote: (12-02-2019 07:43 PM)

Stick your 'liberal' tag back up your arse sideways , dork..


you don't get to label me or any one @handle I post on here.

it's meaningless ,mindless cliche for your whackjob narcissist group think.

I label OP a Iibtard

Just as many far-left totalitarian supporters have gone to the Democrats to infiltrate and cause internal problems , many .many ex-conservatives have become supporters of democracy.. these true conservatives that will fight right wing authoritarianism ,defend democracy and continue to expose you. Just like they did in the wars of the 20th century. Not pitiful, wanking Identity conflict populists and personality cultists that always gave power to fascism and communism.

Individualism and the support for democracy is a lot stronger than you think..