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Trump news – live: Obstruction hearings launched as president demands Congress stop probing Mueller report findings

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Trump news – live: Obstruction hearings launched as president demands Congress stop probing Mueller report findings

Donald Trump is facing a renewed onslaught from House Democrats who will begin picking over the Mueller report‘s obstruction of justice evidence on Monday as the party continues to weigh up launching impeachment proceedings against the president.

The House will follow this by staging a vote on whether to hold attorney general William Barr and ex-White House adviser Don McGahn in contempt of Congress on Tuesday after the pair ignored congressional subpoenas. The House Intelligence Committee will then review the ramifications of Russian election hacking for national security on Wednesday.

In doing so, the Democrats are trying to draw the public’s attention on the allegations that Trump sought to obstruct a federal investigation and they want to highlight his campaign’s contacts with Russia in 2016. They will also lay the groundwork for an appearance from Mueller himself, despite his stated desire to avoid the spotlight. 

The hearings will focus on the two main topics of Mueller’s report, obstruction of justice and Russian election interference. 

The House Judiciary Committee’s meeting today will examine “presidential obstruction and other crimes.” Mueller said there was not enough evidence to establish a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, but he said he could not exonerate Trump on obstruction, citing some 11 instances of possible presidential wrongdoing in his 448-page, two-volume dossier. 

With Trump pledging that “we’re fighting all the subpoenas”, Democratic leaders want to avoid repeated floor votes on contempt resolutions that detract from their legislative agenda. 

The procession of hearings and votes in the week ahead is partly designed to mollify anxious Democrats who have pushed House speaker Nancy Pelosi to begin impeachment proceedings immediately. Pelosi has so far rejected that option, preferring a slower, more methodical approach to investigating the president, including the court fights and hearings. 

Nadler’s committee will hear testimony from John Dean, a counsel to Richard Nixon during the Watergate era who served time in jail for his role as a major orchestrator of the scandal’s cover-up

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