After the vote, the House is expected to head to court to seek enforcement and/or fines against Barr and McGahn. “The resolution will authorize the Judiciary Committee to pursue civil action to seek enforcement of its subpoenas in federal court. Third, the House can argue that Trump’s defiance of legitimate House subpoenas by invoking spurious objections and phony privileges itself constitutes impeachable conduct. In sum, for multiple reasons it is important for the House to conduct contempt votes, invoke the powers of the courts and obtain needed testimony and other evidence. If not, they will go on the contempt list with the others.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 15:31 UTC