GOP leaders and key committee chairmen are making it clear they believe there’s no reason to look into whether the President broke the law in engaging in a scheme to hide payments made to two women to keep their stories quiet in the days running up to the 2016 elections.
Despite compelling testimony by Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to the House Government Oversight committee — and physical evidence, including a check signed by the president while in office — Republicans in the Senate have decided there’s no reason to look into it any further.
John Cornyn, the Texas senator up for reelection in 2020, says Democrats are overreaching and setting the stage for impeachment.
“I think what the Democrats are worried about now is the hysteria over the alleged collusion, that they’re worried the Mueller report will come up with basically nothing against the President. That’s why I think their full-frontal assault, which as I said I think is a prelude to impeachment and will make sure that we can’t get anything else done.”
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and adviser to GOP leadership.
Senator Lindsey Graham, meanwhile, admits out loud he plans to use the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate “abuse” under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, continuing the GOP-led House probes from the last Congress into accusations of FBI and Justice Department misconduct.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/05/politics/republicans-trump-hush-money-payments/index.html
