The public events will play a crucial role in Democrats' ability to convince the American people that the House should open an impeachment inquiry into the president, as a growing number of party members have called for since the Mueller report's release.
A key House panel will hold a series of hearings beginning next week on the revelations laid out in the Mueller report, along with testimony from key legal experts, including a former prominent White House lawyer from the Richard Nixon era.
Witnesses will include the likes of former White House counsel John Dean, who worked for President Richard Nixon during the crux of the Watergate scandal that later led to impeachment proceedings, and other unnamed"former U.S. Attorneys and legal experts," according to the Judiciary Committee. Committee Chairman of U.S. House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks to members of the press on May 29 in New York City.The public events, the first of which will be June 10, will play a crucial role in Democrats' ability to convince the American people that the House should open an impeachment inquiry into the president, as a growing number of party members have called for since the Mueller report's release.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with other Democratic leaders in the chamber, have continued to downplay impeachment talk. Speaking at a Commonwealth Club event shortly after Mueller reiterated his report could not exonerate Trump of any criminal wrongdoing, the California Democrat cautioned her party.
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