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On Politics | IMPEACHMENT. 2020 ELECTION. WASHINGTON. AND MORE FROM THE POLITICS WORLD. | Monday, November 25 | | |
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| Happy Monday-before-Turkey Day! Are you fantasizing about stuffing, mashed potatoes and simple carbs in all festive amalgamations? Oh, just us? Well, okay ... |
| I suppose we can take a break from googling recipes and talk politics while Congress is on its Thanksgiving recess. Let's do this. |
Courts issue key rulings ahead of Thanksgiving |
| Former White House counsel Donald McGahn, a key figure with firsthand knowledge of President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to short-circuit the Mueller investigation, must testify before Congress, a federal judge ruled Monday. But, the Department of Justice will appeal the ruling, a spokeswoman said. |
| It could open the door for testimony from some of the president's closest aides, including former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. |
| The ruling affirms Congress' role as a check on executive power and Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the committee that's seeking McGahn's testimony, said the decision confirmed that claims of absolute immunity have no basis in law. |
| Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a continuing legal block on a powerful House committee's access to years of Trump's tax returns and financial records from his longtime accounting firm. |
| The court blocked a recent federal appeals court ruling in favor of the House panel and told attorneys for the Republican president and Democrat-controlled House to file arguments on whether the court should conduct a full review of the case. |
| The decision gave Trump legal hope after lower courts ruled against him and left the Supreme Court as his last chance to shield his records from being examined. |
| The high court said the stay of the appeals court's ruling should remain in place if the first of those additional legal arguments is submitted by Dec. 5. If Trump's request for full review is denied, the stay "shall terminate automatically," the court said, opening the door to release of presidential financial records to the House committee. If the court agrees to hear Trump's case, the stay will remain in effect until the court issues a final ruling. |
What we know now, and what's to come |
| Congratulations, we've all withstood two weeks of open impeachment inquiry testimony drama. So, where does that leave us moving forward? |
| First, here are the three key findings from the public hearings, as distilled by USA TODAY politics reporter Nicholas Wu: |
| Ukrainians were concerned about security assistance the day of the Trump-Zelensky call. "Everyone was in the loop" on the quid pro quo," Sondland told lawmakers. Trump called Sondland about the status of "investigations." |
| And also from Wu, here's the great unknown: More people could testify. |
| • | Many of the witnesses at the center of the controversy have yet to testify or release relevant documents, including Bolton, Mulvaney and Rudy Giuliani. | | • | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also refused to turn over any documents related to the inquiry. | | • | Trump, too, has declined to testify although he said he would "strongly consider" giving written testimony. | |
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| - Until tomorrow, OnPolitics readers |
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