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In a press conference Friday, members of the House Judiciary Committee, headed by Rep. Jerry Nadler, announced their new suit to get the full grand jury evidence from Robert Mueller's special counsel probe into the Trump campaign's involvement with Russia in the 2016 election. Nadler indicated that this will help inform the committee on whether to proceed with an impeachment inquiry and recommend articles of impeachment.
Nadler told reporters that the suit makes clear that impeachment is an option for the House. "We may decide to recommend articles of impeachment at some point. We may not." The suit itself specifies that "Articles of impeachment are under consideration as part of the Committee's investigation, although no final determination has been made." In addition, it clarifies that the Judiciary Committee "seeks key documentary evidence and intends to conduct hearings with Mr. McGahn and other critical witnesses to determine whether the Committee should recommend articles of impeachment or any other Article I remedies, and if so, in what form."
According to lawmakers and staff who work closely with Nadler, he "has gradually become convinced that his panel should proceed with impeachment hearings and do so as expeditiously as possible, though he has not stated so publicly," The New York Times reports. In this press conference, however, he steered away from the issue and from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's opposition. Whether they end up recommending impeachment "remains to be seen and there's no point speculating on whether the Speaker or anybody else will agree with our decision at that point."
One committee member, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, is firmly there. "The case for impeachment based on the Mueller investigation has been now publicly crystallized and articulated. […] The evidence is overwhelming: 10 different episodes of presidential obstruction of justice and the Trump campaign’s enthusiastic embrace of the Russian attack on our elections." As of Friday morning, there are 100 members who support an impeachment inquiry.