Trump Spoils for Impeachment Row With Democrats to Fuel 2020 Bid
- President’s aides are pushing him to defy Democrats’ subpoenas
- House Judiciary panel set to vote on holding Barr in contempt
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President Donald Trump’s advisers are pushing him to defy congressional investigations in hopes of luring Democrats into escalating a fight that they say will turn voters against the party in the 2020 elections.
The advisers are counting on news coverage of the battle with Congress -- including Democrats’ raising the possibility of impeachment -- distracting attention from candidates vying to replace Trump, and are portraying the president as a victim of partisan gamesmanship.