President Trump’s arguments against his impeachment were thrown back at lawyers in yet another court case as the House and Justice Department battled over records related to the now-abandoned effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census
President Donald Trump’s arguments against his impeachment were thrown back at administration lawyers in yet another court case on Thursday as the House and Justice Department battled over records related to the now-abandoned effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Justice Department attorney James Burnham insisted there was no conflict, and he played down the arguments from Trump’s attorneys, saying they were simply saying that if the House viewed the courts as a venue to resolve such issues, they should have seen that option through rather than rushing impeachment articles to the Senate.
However, Moss said it was “not a very good state of affairs for the country” to resort to impeachment in every subpoena fight. Other arguments leveled by the Justice Department at the hearing on the census-related documents could also be problematic if the Senate decides to call witnesses and an executive privilege fight ensues, as Trump and his lawyers are threatening. Any effort by Trump to take that to court is sure to draw criticism that he is being duplicitous, or at a minimum contradicting Justice Department lawyers.
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