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Jerry Nadler: “The only remedy for a President who says the House does not have the power to have an impeachment inquiry is to say that…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
The only remedy for a President who says the House does not have the power to have an impeachment inquiry is to say that is an obstruction of Congress.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler explains that the President's denial of impeachment power constitutes obstruction.

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