House Judiciary Committee Passes Resolution Outlining Scope of Trump Impeachment Inquiry
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The House Judiciary Committee, in its first impeachment-related vote, passed a resolution Thursday that outlines the rules and scope of its impeachment investigation into President Trump, CNN first reported.
The party-line vote, which did not require approval from the broader House, grants committee chairman Jerry Nadler the authority to officially deem committee hearings “impeachment hearings,” and allows congressional staff to question witnesses called before the panel for one hour after lawmakers finish their questioning.
Representative Doug Collins, the ranking Republican on the panel, cast the vote as a pointless gesture designed to make ordinary oversight efforts seem more threatening to the president while allowing Democrats to avoid the potentially costly effort to actually impeach him.
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“The difference between formal impeachment proceedings and what we’re doing today is a world apart no matter what the chairman just said,” Collins said. “The chairman can do this at any time, because he wants the appearance of something that it’s not. You’re not in an impeachment inquiry.”
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