Democrats Are Determined to Spotlight Trump's Misdeeds, but Remain Divided on How.

[elleng]

'House Democrats, returning from a weeklong recess, see an opening to focus public attention on presidential misconduct, but they are split over impeachment.

Congress returns on Monday from a weeklong recess with Democrats in broad agreement that they must do a better job of presenting to the public the details of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings but starkly at odds over how to do that.

House Democratic leaders continue to focus on securing Mr. Mueller’s public testimony, convinced that even a straight recitation of his findings before television cameras could have a significant effect on public opinion. But a growing number of Democrats are clamoring for a more drastic step: instigating a formal impeachment inquiry.

“Process and the legal issues associated with the report — you hear a lot of that from us,” said Representative Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, the chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, who favors impeachment. “I think it’s incumbent on some of us nonlawyers like myself to take hold of the message as well.”

“The American people don’t want an academic exercise,” Mr. Grijalva added. “I think they want to see movement.”'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/democrats-impeachment-mueller.html?

[Turbineguy]

1. This may be a good strategy.

"Impeach!" rolls off the tongue nicely, but trump will destroy everything he can in order to avoid it.

He's a sick man. From what I read about narcissism, this attack would go right to the core and he would be fighting for his very life. He would get his supporters to kill people.

[still_one]

2. I think a big part of the problem is Trump is telling witnesses not to testify, and Barr is blocking

requested documents.

It seems like in order to proceed effectively we will need to go through the courts

[elleng]

3. That's surely a big part, trump's obstruction;

without it, accumulating persuasive testimonial and documentary evidence would be much easier.