Then came the House Judiciary Committee hearings on impeachment in 1974. The outlines of Donald Trump’s venality and fundamental civic disloyalty have been obvious since the 2016 campaign; Hillary Clinton warned us about him just as McGovern had warned about Nixon. Michael Cohen’s blockbuster testimony before the House Oversight Committee last week was just an opener. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee took the first steps in an inquiry into obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuses of power by the Trump administration. “To me it’s a thrilling moment,” Jamie Raskin, a Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told me.

Source: New York Times March 05, 2019 01:18 UTC