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The House intel committee has sent their report on Trump and Ukraine to the judiciary.

In a closed-door meeting Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee voted 13-9 along party-lines to approve a report with findings from its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump—and to refer it to the Judiciary Committee.

The move comes one day after committee Republicans released their 110-page prebuttal report which found the president committed “no quid pro quo, bribery, extortion, or abuse of power."

Some key quotes from the Democrats' report:

“The President conditioned a White House meeting and military aid on a public announcement of investigations beneficial to his reelection campaign.”
“The President obstructed the impeachment inquiry by instructing witnesses and agencies to ignore subpoenas for documents and testimony.”
“President Trump publicly attacked and intimidated witnesses who came forward to comply with duly authorized subpoenas and testify about his misconduct, raising grave concerns about potential violations of criminal laws intended to protect witnesses appearing before Congressional proceedings.”

Once the Judiciary Committee has held its last information-gathering impeachment hearing, it will likely hold a markup session in which it would draft and approve articles of impeachment (or perhaps a censure resolution) for consideration on the House floor. Among the potential articles of impeachment that reportedly under consideration by the majority Democrats: bribery, abuse of power, contempt of Congress, and obstruction of justice.

Should the House impeach President Trump?

On the Radar

Court: Trump Must Hand Over Financial Records to Congress

Deutsche Bank, President Trump's longtime lender, must turn over his financial records to Congress, an appeals court ruled.

House committees' "interest in pursuing their constitutional legislative function is a far more significant public interest than whatever public interest inheres in avoiding the risk of a Chief Executive's distraction arising from disclosure of documents reflecting his private financial transactions," the court said in a 108-page ruling.

Jay Sekulow, Trump's attorney, said the next step will be an appeal to the Supreme Court.

"We believe the subpoena is invalid as issued. In light of the Second Circuit decision, we are evaluating our next options including seeking review at the Supreme Court of the United States," Sekulow said in a statement.

Should Trump turn over his financial records to Congress?

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Under the Radar

Committee Watch

Before bills and nominations are brought up for a passage vote in Congress, they typically have to be considered and approved by relevant committees.

We take a thorough look at the hearings Congressional committees will be holding this week in our Committee Watch, but here are a few we're watching extra closely:

On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing titled “Examining Legislative Proposals to Protect Consumer Data Privacy”. 10am
On Friday, the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence will hold a hearing titled “Robots on Wall Street: The Impact of AI on Capital Markets and Jobs in the Financial Services Industry”. 9:30am

How do you feel about this week's committee hearings?

Your Gov't At a Glance

The White House: President Trump in London, U.K. & D.C.

At 5:00am EST (10:00am local), the president will participate in a NATO meeting.
At 7:30am EST (12:30pm local), the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the chancellor of Germany.
At 8:15am EST (1:15pm local), the president will participate in a working lunch with the NATO 2%ers.
At 9:45am EST (2:45pm local), the president will participate in a bilateral pull-aside with the prime minister of Italy.
At 10:30am EST (3:30pm local), the president will participate in a press conference.
At 8:40pm EST, the president and first lady will arrive at the White House.

The House: In

Voting on a bill to coordinate federal agencies' crackdown on robocall scams.

The Senate: In

Voting on the confirmation of four district court judges.
Taking procedural votes on the nominations of two district court judges and reappointing a U.S. Postal Service governor.