Cicilline: Trump ‘Shouldn’t Benefit by Continuing to Commit Impeachable Offenses and Preventing Us from Ever Taking Action’

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CICILLINE: “Well, obviously, an increasing number of the members of the Democratic caucus have come out in support of the Judiciary Committee proceedings. I think the Chairman has made it very clear in the last pleading that was filed in court that we are in the midst of a proceeding as to whether or not we will recommend to the full House articles of impeachment against the President. So we’re in the midst of this. It will require us to continue to bring witnesses before the committee to seek the production of documents so that we will be able to make a recommendation to the full House the Chairman said by the end of this year. As you point out, every week or every day it feels as if there are additional things that require examination. Those will be added to the judiciary agenda. We will look at those things. But there will come a point, I presume, that we will have enough to make a determination as to whether or not articles of impeachment should be filed. Certainly, the President shouldn’t benefit by continuing to commit impeachable offenses and preventing us from ever taking action. So I think there will come a point when the Judiciary Committee will make a judgment based on the evidence presented to the committee and the witnesses we heard from and the documents we reviewed as to whether or not we recommend to the full House articles of impeachment against the President.”