CNN’s Berman Goads Dems as Soft on Scandal: ‘Where Does the Rubber Meet the Road?’

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BERMAN: “Rachel, I guess my question is the bigger picture here, which is, at what point do the Democrats actually take action? They risk seeming like the boy who cried contempt, as it were here. Because they’ve been talking about it for over a week now. So when does the rubber meet the road here? Steve Mnuchin saying no to the taxes. Will they take him to court this week, or start that process? The contempt stuff, will they vote on that now, or will they succumb to the delay tactics that the White House seems to be instituting here, just inching it forward day by day?"
BADE: “I think you’ll see them go to court soon. I'm not sure exactly when. I don’t know if it’ll be this week. But Democratic lawyers have made this point over and over again. They have to look like they’re trying to work with the White House, they're trying to work with the administration. That means giving them extension after extension after extension, and then going to court, which apparently bolsters their legal argument. So, for instance, in the case of Don McGahn, this is his first deadline at 10:00 A.M.. I don’t expect us to hear anything about contempt today. If they — with Barr, they asked for the Mueller report and they gave Barr another extension, I think two extensions, and they don’t exactly have a good relationship with Barr. But they are hopeful on McGahn, so I do think it is going to drag out a little bit. I’m not sure exactly when they go, but I would expect that, at some point, this is all going to head to the courts and, ultimately, if Democrats do not do impeachment of the President, judges will be the ones who decide these issues. It is just TBD at what point in time.”