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Warren calls for House to begin impeachment proceedings | TheHill

posted onApril 20, 2019
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Article snippet: Sen. MORE, wading into a topic that other 2020 White House hopefuls have so far been wary of discussing. Warren issued the call one day after the release of special counsel MORE's report on his investigation into the 2016 election and the Trump campaign. Warren in particular cited a portion of Mueller's report in which he wrote that Congress has the authority to conduct obstruction of justice investigations, saying that such probes can provide a check if a president is corrupt. "Mueller put the next step in the hands of Congress: 'Congress has authority to prohibit a President's corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice.' The correct process for exercising that authority is impeachment," she said in an email announcing her position. Republican National Committee Chairwoman have raised the prospect in the wake of the release of Mueller's report, which did not establish that there was collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia during the election but detailed multiple instances of potential obstruction of justice. While the special counsel investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election, the report reveals how investigators grappled with the question of whether the president could be credibly accused of obstructing justice. Prosecutors ultimately declined to say whether Trump should be charged in the probe, but stopped short of exone... Link to the full article to read more

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