CNN says that White House lawyers are looking into researching impeachment proceedings in a defensive move, and out of an abundance of caution. The White House denied the claim.
Watch below:
Sources: White House lawyers research impeachmenthttps://t.co/0lXbyA73RN https://t.co/JACCqgrwsN
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) May 19, 2017
More from CNN:
White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office, two people briefed on the discussions tell CNN.
White House officials believe the President has the backing of Republican allies in Congress and that impeachment is not in the cards, according to the people briefed on the legal discussions. Even Democrats have tried to calm impeachment talk out of concern it is premature.
But lawyers in the White House counsel’s office have consulted experts in impeachment during the past week and have begun collecting information on how such proceedings would work, a person briefed on the matter told CNN.
The White House originally did not comment for this story. After publication, a White House official said “it’s not true” that White House lawyers are researching impeachment procedures.
One outside attorney close to the office of White House counsel Don McGahn cast doubt on impeachment preparations, saying it wouldn’t be something McGahn would authorize.
Here’s Wolf Blitzer freaking out:
BREAKING: White House lawyers research impeachment, sources tell CNN https://t.co/6NJ3rsmjN6 https://t.co/GzTbKubGah
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 19, 2017
This seems pretty unlikely to me, but the investigations have to go on. We have seen so little evidence on either side while the claims mount higher and higher.