Democrats face consequences of skipping floor impeachment vote
(World News Russia)

House Democrats gave themselves political wiggle room when they launched their impeachment inquiry without holding a floor vote, but that procedural strategy also left room for the White House and a federal judge to question the legitimacy of the push. The White House, in a letter Tuesday criticized as advancing a legally flimsy argument, told the House it would not participate in an impeachment inquiry that hasn’t been authorized by the full House — which they argue means it isn’t “a valid impeachment proceeding.” And a federal judge, hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the House Judiciary Committee should get grand jury materials from the special...