Democrats will hold a full-scale vote on televised impeachment hearings like Watergate this week - and call Donald Trump's bluff on not co-operating with inquiry
The president's lawyers have argued that Democratic requests for documents 'lacks the necessary authorization for a valid impeachment proceeding'
Pelosi writes the vote is to 'eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents' or disregard subpoenas
A senior national security advisor declined to show for a scheduled deposition Monday and sought guidance from a court
The White House has deemed the inquiry 'constitutionally invalid' and refused to make witnesses and documents available
Vote is scheduled for Thursday
It would put Democrats – including those who seized districts from Republican hands – on record for the impeachment inquiry
Pelosi told her colleagues: 'Nobody is above the law'
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:47 EDT, 28 October 2019 | Updated: 18:11 EDT, 28 October 2019
House Democrats are proceeding this week with a resolution that would put the House on record for the ongoing impeachment probe being conducted by several House committees – and pave the way for high stakes televised hearings.
The vote will come Thursday, a senior Democratic aide told DailyMail.com.
As part of the procedure lawmakers will vote on, the House Intelligence committee will hold public hearings during the impeachment inquiry – providing Democrats with a televised platform to dramatize allegations about President Trump's conduct, after the White House accused them of conducting their inquiry in secret.
'This resolution establishes the procedure for hearings that are open to the American people, authorizes the disclosure of deposition transcripts, outlines procedures to transfer evidence to the Judiciary Committee as it considers potential articles of impeachment, and sets forth due process rights for the President and his Counsel,' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in letter to colleagues.
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