The Dam Could Break on Impeachment This Week

NBC News: “House Democrats have been pulling together a wide-ranging case to impeach President Trump on a series of alleged past and ongoing crimes against the country — a set of charges that goes far beyond the Mueller report — and all signs point to a possible public inflection point later this week, when acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testifies before the House Intelligence Committee.”

Said one senior House Democratic aide: “The dam could break on Thursday.”

“The panel’s chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has been the most reluctant of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s top lieutenants to move toward impeaching the president, but Democrats say Schiff is spitting hot vinegar over Maguire’s decision to withhold an intelligence community whistleblower’s complaint about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine at the insistence of the Justice Department.”

James Hohmann: “Trump seems to be daring House Democrats to impeach him, and they seem increasingly inclined to take up the challenge.”