FILE PHOTO - U.S. Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY), incoming House Judiciary Committee Chairman, participates in a news conference with fellow Democrats to introduce proposed government reform legislation, which they've titled the For the People Act, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler said that Trump might have acted criminally when he blocked Don McGahn from testifying.
In a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, Rep. Nadler said:
The Mueller Report documents a shocking pattern of obstruction of justice. The President acted again and again—perhaps criminally—to protect himself from federal law enforcement. Don McGahn personally witnessed the most egregious of these acts. President Trump knows this. He clearly does not want the American people to hear firsthand about his alleged misconduct, and so he has attempted to block Mr. McGahn from speaking in public tomorrow.
This move is just the latest act of obstruction from the White House that includes its blanket refusal to cooperate with this Committee. It is also the latest example of this Administration’s disdain for law. This identical approach was rejected by a federal court in the Miers case, which held that even senior advisors to the President cannot simply refuse to appear in response to a congressional subpoena. It is absurd for President Trump to claim privilege as to this witness’s testimony when that testimony was already described publicly in the Mueller Report. Even more ridiculous is the extension of the privilege to cover events before and after Mr. McGahn’s service in the White House.
The Committee will convene as planned tomorrow morning, and Mr. McGahn is expected to appear as legally required.
Over the weekend, it was reported that House Judiciary Democrats are moving quickly toward opening an impeachment investigation. Nothing in Nadler’s statement suggests otherwise. Democrats are running out of patience with Trump’s games and delays. Sooner rather than later, Democrats are going to put an end to Trump’s obstruction by opening an impeachment investigation into the president.
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