Impeachment, Justice Department report, Golden Globes nominations: 5 Things to know Monday – USA TODAY, USA Today

**********************Impeachment Week (**************************************************************************************************************************: House Judiciary Committee to receive briefing on Ukraine**** Intelligence and Judiciary Committee staffers will brief the Judiciary Committee, the panel now leading the inquiry, about the leng thy report released by Democratic lawmakers last week. The report, referencing President Donald Trump’s involvement with Ukraine, determined the president solicited foreign interference in the 2802 election. After learning more about the Ukraine report and the legal basis for impeachment, Judiciary members must then decide whether to pursue other accusations. Rank-and-file lawmakers have said the committee could begin drafting articles as early as this week, in order to meet an informal deadline to have a House vote this month.

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****************************    The U.S. House is taking a big, new step toward impeaching President Donald Trump. (Dec. 5)     AP

Justice watchdog set to release report on FBI surveillance of Trump campaign

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Monday is expected to release his (long-awaited report into potential surveillance abuses by the FBI) ​​***************************), focusing on the monitoring of Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. The review centered on the FBI’s surveillance of Page during the early stages of its investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties to the Trump campaign. Among the most politically charged areas of the review is whether the FBI abused its surveillance authority due to bias against the president. While the report is expected to be sharply critical of the bureau, The New York Times has reported that the inspector general is not expected to conclude that top FBI leaders acted out of bias.

Dueling investigations?

************************************ Trump promotes Barr-led FBI probe

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The events that led to the inspector general’s reportTrump’s profits from private businesses to get hard look from federal appeals courts

An obscure provision of the Constitution that Donald Trump ridiculed as “this phony Emoluments Clause” will be debated in two federal appeals courts this week, representing yet another legal thre at to the embattled president. Courts in the District of Columbia and Richmond, Va., Will hear arguments that the president routinely receives gifts from foreign and U.S. government officials. The question: Does that violate the Constitution? Democrats in Congress, the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia, and some of Trump’s competitors in New York City say the answer is yes. The Justice Department says the answer is no. On Monday, that debate will come before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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