CONGRESS/GOP/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior House Republicans are breaking with Donald Trump over the president’s legal claims that Congress can’t investigate whether a commander in chief violated the law. That view, advanced by Trump’s personal attorney and the White House counsel late last week, would upend long-held understandings about Congress’ ability to scrutinize presidential conduct — especially alleged criminal activity…Senior House Republicans are breaking with Donald Trump over the president’s legal claims that Congress can’t investigate whether a commander in chief violated the law. That view, advanced by Trump’s personal attorney and the White House counsel late last week, would upend long-held understandings about Congress’ ability to scrutinize presidential conduct — especially alleged criminal activity…Trump and Attorney General William Barr’s handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusions motivated one Republican lawmaker, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, to call for the president’s impeachment over the weekend.”
–Andrew Desiderio and Kyle Cheney, “Some Republicans unsettled by Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity,” Politico, May 20, 2019 12:46 pm