Democrats confirm they're investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller
An attorney for House Democrats affirmed in the strongest terms yet Monday that lawmakers are investigating whether Trump lied to former special counsel Robert Mueller _ a warning shot that came shortly after the president said he's "strongly" considering giving sworn testimony in the impeachment inquiry.
Douglas Letter, the House's general counsel, made the case for potential lies in Trump's written Mueller testimony during a court hearing on Democrats' attempts to get their hands on the special counsel's secret grand jury materials.
"Did the president lie? Was the president not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?" Letter said in a Washington federal appeals courtroom, noting that the grand jury records could answer such questions.
The Democrats, led by House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., first signaled in September they were exploring whether Trump may have misled Mueller about his 2016 campaign's contacts with Roger Stone and WikiLeaks.
However, Letter's court comments marked the first time the Democrats have used the word "lie" to describe Trump's potential infractions.
The counsel's remarks also strongly suggest House Democrats could consider lies to Mueller as grounds for additional articles of impeachment against Trump, as has been previously floated by some members.
_New York Daily News
