President Trump’s scrutiny by Congress won’t End with his Expected Acquittal in the Senate. House Democrats have a List of Inquiries they Plan to pursue when the Impeachment saga is over.

“The investigations and oversight will continue,” said Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY, 12th District) any my Congresswoman, Head of the Oversight and Reform Committee, the Lead Investigative Panel in the House. “We’ve got several cases.”

Democratic-led Committees in the House will keep seeking a wide range of Evidence and Testimony as they look into Trump’s Administration, his Policies, his Businesses, and his Finances. They also Plan to keep a Focus on his Conduct in dealing with Ukraine.

In addition, there are Multiple Court Cases running on Separate Tracks seeking Access to his Tax Returns, Testimony from Former White House Officials, and Financial Records, to show whether the President is Unlawfully Profiting from Foreign Governments. Three of the Cases, on Tax Returns and Business Records, have been rolled into One Case, that will have Oral Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on March 31st, 2020.

This All will be occurring in the Middle of a Election Campaign in which Both Parties will be Fighting for Control of the White House and Both Chambers of Congress.

Trump’s Impeachment Trial is Scheduled to conclude Wednesday with a Vote in the Senate on the Two Articles of Impeachment adopted by the House a little more than Six weeks ago. With 67 Votes needed to Convict Trump in the GOP-led Chamber, the President is expect to be easily Acquitted.

The Night before the Vote or Votes, Trump will stand before Both Chambers in the House Rostrum to deliver his State of the Union Address to lay out his Election-year Agenda.

Representative Raj Krishnamoorthi (D-IL, 8th District), a Member of both the Oversight and Intelligence Committees, said Democrats learned some Lessons from the Impeachment Inquiry, in which Trump Refused to Provide Documents or Allow Ttestimony from White House Officials. “It just makes us more wizened and more knowledgeable about all the different ways the other side is going to evade oversight, and to plan accordingly,” Krishnamoorthi said.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, 23rd District), the House Republican Leader, said he has No Doubt that House Democrats will now Intensify their Trump Investigations. “That’s their only agenda,” he said.

The House Ways and Means Committee, led by Representative Richard Neal (D-MA, 1st District), is still seeking the President’s Tax Returns from the Treasury Department.

The House Financial Services and Intelligence Committees, Chaired by Representatives Maxine Waters (CA, 43rd District) and Adam Schiff (D-CA, 28th District), have been pursuing in the Courts Information from Trump’s Lenders, including Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp.

One of the Cases before the Supreme Court involves Maloney’s Committee and Centers on whether the Constitution Prohibits Subpoenas issued to Trump’s Accounting Firm, Mazars USA, LLP. The Committee wants Mazars to provide Non-Privileged Financial Records relating to Trump and certain of his Business Entities. Trump Sued in April to Block the Panel’s Subpoena for Eight years of Financial Records held by Mazars.

The Committee also is pressing in Federal Court for Documents tied to its Investigation into the Trump Administration’s Failed Bid to Add a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census.

The Judiciary Committee, led by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY, 10th District) is seeking to view Transcripts, Papers, and other Secret Grand Jury Materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation. The Panel also has Sued to Enforce a Subpoena issued last year for Testimony by Former White House Counsel Don McGahn.

Maloney and other House Committee Leaders said they aren’t concerned about a Backlash from Voters fatigued by continuing Probes of Trump on Top of the Impeachment effort and Mueller’s Inquiry. “We’re not going to back off,” said Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS, 2nd District), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. He said “so much of the information that chairpersons of committees need has been blocked” because of White House Claims of Executive Privilege.

Krishnamoorthi said it’s GOP Lawmakers who should be concerned. “I think Republicans will pay a price for voting down repeatedly motions for more information,” he said. “I think our political process has interesting consequences at the polls. One consequence could be that stonewalling could not be a good thing for your electoral prospects.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA, 12th District) isn’t saying whether House Democrats will specifically Pursue Ukraine-related Testimony and Evidence their Impeachment Managers were Unable to Obtain during the Impeachment Trial. That includes Hearing from Former National Security Advisor John Bolton. She told Reporters Thursday that “we do believe there is more truth for the American people to know.” “We’ll see what happens,” added Pelosi, going on to Recite what is fast becoming a Mantra: “No matter what the senators have the courage or not to do, he will be impeached forever.”










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