Federal appeals court rules Deutsche Bank and Capitol One must comply promptly with a congressional subpoena for Trump’s financial records Representative Jim Himes, a Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said the panel’s report on the impeachment inquiry runs hundreds of pages long, but the Connecticut lawmaker would not say whether it recommends specific articles of impeachment against Trump. Himes says the Intel impeach report is "hundreds of pages of facts and testimony" that is "organized into elements of misbehavior by the president." He declined to say if includes specific recommendations for proposed action, or articles of impeachment. The House intelligence committee plans to release its report on the impeachment inquiry, which is backed by the panel’s Democrats, this evening, according to CNN. CNN reports: The report from the House Intelligence Committee makes the Democrats’ case for impeachment, weaving a narrative about Trump’s handling of Ukraine, including with exhibits and phone logs, the sources said. The report will also compare Trump’s lack of cooperation with Congress with the cooperation in past administrations to argue that this President has engaged in unprecedented stonewalling. The committee’s report, which is expected to be released publicly Tuesday evening, will serve as the backbone of the Democrats’ impeachment proceedings against the President. The committee is expected to vote to approve it on Tuesday evening to send it to the House Judiciary Committee, where it is expected to serve as the basis of articles of impeachment that would be drafted by that panel in the coming days.
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