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Petitions With 10 Million Signatures To Impeach Trump Delivered To Congress
Rep. Rashida Tlaib holding the thumb drive that contains the petition signatures.
Donald Trump, Jr. Is Subpoenaed To Testify To Senate Panel On Russia Contacts
WASHINGTON — Na- tional advocacy groups on Thursday delivered to Con- gress multiple petitions of what they said contained 10 million signatures from peo- ple who support the im- peachment of President Donald Trump.
They delivered the signa- tures to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who has in- troduced a bill that would di- rect the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Trump committed impeachable offenses — an issue that has been heating up among congressional De- mocrats and presidential contenders.
MoveOn spearheaded the effort that included groups such as Need to Impeach, CREDO and the organizers
behind the annual Women's March.
"This is incredible be- cause this is how movements start," Tlaib told supporters rallying for impeachment next to the Capitol building. "We cannot set a precedent and allow the rule of law to be eroded, allow our democ- racy to continue to be cor- rupted by this president."
Tlaib, who came under fire in January for saying Democrats are "gonna im- peach the motherf---er," said Thursday that impeach- ment of Trump is not only about special counsel Robert Mueller's report, but about his administra- tion's policies.
The petition containing the signatures was delivered to Tlaib on a flash drive.
came a day after Senator Mitch McConnell, Repub- lican of Kentucky and the majority leader, sought to lower the curtain on the drama in Congress surround- ing Russia’s efforts to sabo- tage the 2016 election. The end of the Mueller investi- gation, he said, meant “case closed.”
But the subpoena of the younger Mr. Trump shows that the Intelligence Com- mittee, which is under Mr. McConnell’s jurisdiction, is proceeding with its vigorous investigation that — for the most part — has not degener- ated into a partisan morass like a parallel investigation by the House.
Kamala Harris Just Said
A federal judge ordered 32 Florida counties to provide ballots in Spanish beginning next year, stating that failure to do so would be a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
The order was in the form of a preliminary injunction in a case brought by voters who were educated in Puerto Rico and are lacking proficiency in English, The Palm Beach Post reported.
"Compliance with this Order is not optional," Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida Gainesville Division wrote in a Friday ruling. "This Court will not hesitate to use every tool the law provides to en- force this Order."
Judge Walker reportedly noted that Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act "prohibits English-only elections for those citizens — yes, citizens — educated in Puerto Rico in
We’re ‘Probably’ Facing
A Constitutional Crisis
Sen. Kamala Harris (D- Calif.) said Sunday that the United States is potentially fac- ing a constitutional crisis,echo- ing comments this week from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“A constitutional crisis is generally when the system we set up with checks and bal- ances, when each of the inde- pendent co-equal branches of government, fails to perform its duties and I think we’re see- ing the breakdown of responsi- bilities,” she said in an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union, pointing to the lack of coopera- tion from Attorney General William Barr and the White House with Congress.
“Now being a member of the U. S. Congress and Senate, I’m seeing up close where there is a failure to respect the signifi- cance of Congress’ duty to pre- form a role of oversight over
Florida ballots rejected over signatures get second chance. Federal judge rules that thousands of voters who had their bal- lots rejected due to signature discrepancies will have two addi- tional days to resolve the issue; Peter Doocy reports from Broward County.
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Commit- tee has subpoenaed Donald Trump, Jr., the president’s eldest son, who met with Russians in June 2016 after being promised political dirt about Hillary Clinton, ac- cording to people familiar with the committee’s deci- sion.
The younger Mr. Trump is the first of President Trump’s children to be sub- poenaed in the continuing congressional investigations into Russia’s 2016 election interference, and the move by the Republican-led com- mittee is a sign that some members of the president’s party are not aligned with his desire for a swift end to all of the Russia inquiries.
News of the subpoena
Donald Trump, Jr., President Trump’s eldest son, was sub- poenaed to testify before Senate investigators.
Florida Must Provide Spanish-Language Ballots In 2020, Federal Judge Orders
KAMALA HARRIS
the administration, over the agencies,” the presidential hopeful told Tapper. “I’m see- ing the failure to appreciate the importance of testifying before Congress in a way that is straight forward and truthful, so yes I think it’s fair to say that we’re looking at a crisis not only of confidence but poten- tially, a constitutional crisis.”
Spanish." (emphasis in origi- nal) Therefore, he ordered that the 32 counties in ques- tion must provide voters with
ballots in Spanish starting with Florida's primary elec- tion scheduled for March 17, 2020.
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