This march into treating the House as fundamentally illegitimate is going to make it harder and harder for Democrats to resist launching an impeachment inquiry. And while Schiff has previously said he might support an impeachment inquiry at some point, he’s now saying the case for it is getting stronger. As I’ve reported, some legal experts believe impeachment hearings could strengthen the legal hand of Democrats in forcing compliance with their oversight demands. “The case for compliance is compelling, preliminary to a potential impeachment proceeding. At the end of the day, House Democrats may have to choose between allowing that stonewalling to be successful, or pulling the trigger on an impeachment inquiry — that is, to choose between total capitulation and total confrontation.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 20:01 UTC