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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 10, 2019, 02:07:51 pm
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Criticism punctuates Nadler's leadership of Trump probe
By Olivia Beavers and Scott Wong - 06/10/19 06:00 AM EDT
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler is pressing forward Monday with the first of several hearings into the Mueller report. But that’s done little to appease a small faction of fellow Democrats frustrated with his overall strategy dealing with a recalcitrant Trump administration.
Everyone concedes Nadler (D-N.Y.) is in an almost-impossible spot as he battles President Trump on multiple fronts, coordinates with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team and contends with the growing chorus of Democrats on his own panel demanding impeachment.
But some Nadler critics, who call Judiciary the “tip of the spear†of Democrats’ probes into the administration, say he’s failed to lay out a broad strategy and proven to be ineffective — at least so far — when it comes to landing a convincing blow against Trump.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/447535-criticism-punctuates-nadlers-leadership-of-trump-probe