Appellate court judges hear arguments in two high-profile disputes between legislative and executive branches over testimony and documents congressional Democrats pursued as part of their impeachment inquiry.
Congressional Democrats have accused the Trump administration of obstructing their efforts to gather information, while the Justice Department has repeatedly argued the House overstepped its authority to demand testimony and records.
Judge Thomas B. Griffith questioned Mooppan's premise and asked if a previous court's ruling to turn over tapes during the Richard Nixon impeachment suggested otherwise. Judge Judith W. Rogers agreed.The U.S. Capitol is seen at dawn in Washington, D.C,, Jan. 2, 2020.Michael Reynolds/EPA via Shutterstock
Megan Barbero, a lawyer for House Democrats, reiterated this notion in her arguments Friday when asked how McGahn's testimony could be relevant to an impeachment inquiry into Ukraine matters that occurred after McGahn had left the administration in late 2018. "The House has now adopted two articles of impeachment that do not have anything to do with this merits of this case," said Justice Department attorney Mark Freeman.
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