Justice Roberts rejected Sen. Rand Paul's second attempt to get him to say a whistleblower's name during questioning of House managers and Trump's team. Follow live updates:
Justice Department lawyer says House can impeach over ignored subpoenas. Trump's lawyers have argued the opposite.A Justice Department lawyer said in federal court today that the House can impeach a president over ignored subpoenas.
In response to Burnham’s suggestion about impeachment, federal Judge Randolph Moss responded, “that is really not a great state of affairs for this country,” if the House should impeach the President over every subpoena that his administration ignores.The topic came up in court hearing about the 2020 census. The House Oversight Committee sued the Justice Department and Commerce Department in November, asking a judge to enforce its subpoenas for documents.
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