Article snippet: The investigation of misconduct by the Trump administration will continue even after a House committee submits an initial report that could lead to the impeachment of President Donald Trump, said the Democrat leading the proceedings. “What we’re not prepared to do is wait months and months while the administration plays a game of rope-a-dope in an effort to try to stall,” Representative Adam Schiff of California, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” one of two appearances on Sunday talk shows. Schiff said that the facts of what the president did “are really not contested” and that the Democratic case is “iron-clad.” After two weeks of televised hearings, House impeachment lawmakers return behind closed doors this week for the next steps in their investigation of Trump; namely, turning factual findings into a formal report for the House Judiciary Committee. Schiff said his committee will continue to collect documents and potentially conduct depositions or hearings after the report is sent. “The investigation isn’t going to end,” Schiff said. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” he said he doesn’t “foreclose the possibility of” other public hearings. Schiff said that “there is a sense of urgency” in finishing and sending on the report, in the face of threats of foreign interference in the 2020 elections, but would not commit to a specific time line. Democrats still hope to wrap up their impeachment efforts by Christmas. The invest... Link to the full article to read more
Trump inquiry won’t end with impeachment report, Schiff says - The Boston Globe
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