'I think this sort of behavior definitely raises the specter of us being forced to proceed with an impeachment proceeding for the obstruction of Congress’ investigative responsibilities,' said a Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
The White House didn’t mince its words Wednesday in a letter to House Democrats:"Discontinue the inquiry" launched by Congress into President Donald Trump.
The fiercest escalation in tensions over the past few weeks has came from clashes between the White House and the House Judiciary Committee, the panel that voted last week to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the unredacted Mueller report and its underlying evidence.
But the continued stonewalling left some Judiciary members, who have the power to draft articles of impeachment, appearing to near their wit’s end, saying that even if the president is laying an impeachment trap such a drastic measure may be inevitable. During a confidential phone call with House Democrats in the immediate aftermath of the Mueller report’s release last month, which detailed numerous events where Trump tried to thwart the investigation and that Democrats said was evidence of obstruction of justice, Demings said her and other members were “struggling to justify why we aren’t beginning impeachment proceedings.
“The more that the president denies us the ordinary lawful demands for witnesses and documents, the more unified we are,” Democratic Representative Jaime Raskin, also a Judiciary member, told reporters last week, labeling Trump as “the most impeachable president in the history of the United States.”
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