House Democrats are grappling with whether to pursue further investigations of President Trump following his acquittal in the Senate, facing both an election in nine months and fresh White House actions that they say demand scrutiny.
Democrats want to look into whether the president improperly influenced the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation for a Trump confidant, casting Mr. Trump as emboldened by the end of the impeachment process.
At the same time, party leaders are eager to focus on pocketbook issues for voters, such as health care, and Democrats are wary of launching another drawn-out fight with the White House that could backfire in November.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Democrats were trying to "Manufacture more 'investigations.'" She said: "At some point you'd think they would take a page out of the president's book and devote themselves to working for the country, but I guess not."
With impeachment done, some Democrats said that current oversight efforts should be aimed at releasing new information to the public that will inform how they vote in November, rather than attempting to remove Mr. Trump from office again.
House Democrats will also need to decide whether to issue a subpoena to former national security adviser John Bolton.
"There's still internally a lot of different opinions about whether we should pursue subpoenas against Bolton and other people," said Rep. John Yarmuth, the chairman of the House Budget Committee.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-weigh-whether-to-pursue-new-investigations-as-election-looms-11581861601?mod=hp_lead_pos2
Democrats want to look into whether the president improperly influenced the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation for a Trump confidant, casting Mr. Trump as emboldened by the end of the impeachment process.
At the same time, party leaders are eager to focus on pocketbook issues for voters, such as health care, and Democrats are wary of launching another drawn-out fight with the White House that could backfire in November.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Democrats were trying to "Manufacture more 'investigations.'" She said: "At some point you'd think they would take a page out of the president's book and devote themselves to working for the country, but I guess not."
With impeachment done, some Democrats said that current oversight efforts should be aimed at releasing new information to the public that will inform how they vote in November, rather than attempting to remove Mr. Trump from office again.
House Democrats will also need to decide whether to issue a subpoena to former national security adviser John Bolton.
"There's still internally a lot of different opinions about whether we should pursue subpoenas against Bolton and other people," said Rep. John Yarmuth, the chairman of the House Budget Committee.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-weigh-whether-to-pursue-new-investigations-as-election-looms-11581861601?mod=hp_lead_pos2
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