House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler is in a bind
A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Donald Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas. Some lawmakers even want Congress to dust off its little-used authority to fine or even jail witnesses, something that the House hasn't done in more than 80 years and is ill prepared to execute.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. "[Trump] certainly is the best argument for impeachment there is. This is the most impeachable president in the history of the United States of America. But that still leaves us a whole bunch of questions about what to do and when to do it," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the Judiciary and Oversight panels.
“You can't jump from nothing to everything. We have to go through a legal process,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal , another hard-line Trump critic “Once that [contempt] vote happens on the floor, then we also have inherent authority that is at our disposal. We have a number of steps we're looking at that we can take. People feel like we’re progressing at the appropriate pace.”
Some lawmakers tell POLITICO that the growing push for a more aggressive posture is being driven by the committee's younger members, many of whom are new to the skirmishes and polarizing fights that have long divided the Judiciary panel.
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