"There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him. That he may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time," Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that it would "certainly" be an impeachable offense if it's proven that President Trump directed illegal payments during his campaign.
But Nadler, likely the next chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, also questioned whether those payments were important enough "to justify an impeachment."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said the latest indictments and filings brought by prosecutors against former associates of President Trump show that he was at the center of "massive fraud" against the public.
"We have reached a new level in the investigation. The special counsel is starting to show his cards and these are very serious allegations," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told ABC's "This Week." "This is a president who's now named as an un-indicted co-conspirator."
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said Sunday that he doesn't support opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump at this point, warning that doing so based on publicly available evidence would be viewed as politically motivated.
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) on Sunday called court documents related to President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, "the most significant filing of the week" in a stretch that saw several court filings related to investigations into the president's former associates.
“I think it would be a terrible mistake if he did that," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told ABC "This Week" when asked about Trump's comments that he would not take a pardon for Manafort off the table, saying it could "trigger a debate as to whether pardon powers should be amended.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday downplayed any implication that President Trump violated campaign finance laws during the 2016 presidential campaign, and argued it reflects a broader issue with penalties related to campaign expenditures.
"The language in the sentencing memo is different from what we've heard before," Christie told ABC's "This Week," noting that Trump's former attorney Cohen has previously said he violated campaign finance law at the president's direction. "The only thing that would concern me if I was the president's team this morning about this sentencing memo is the language."
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday described John Kelly's departure from the administration as "amicable," despite months of reporting about the White House chief of staff's acrimonious relationship with President Trump.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday that he's a "huge John Kelly fan," adding that it will be difficult to replace the outgoing White House chief of staff when he leaves at the end of the year.
"I haven’t made a decision yet on him, but I can tell you the first things I’ve learned about him being for more surveillance of Americans is very, very troubling," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said.
Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on "Fox News Sunday" that it's possible that the Trump administration would release Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, as part of ongoing trade talks with China.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said Sunday that there is "still an opportunity" for Congress to pass a bipartisan criminal justice reform package this year, but added that the legislation needs support from more Republicans in the Senate.
"I think in 2020 we need a candidate who is 100 percent authentic, who is tough, and who can challenge this president on both domestic policy and foreign policy and I’m simply going to make sure that we have a candidate that fits that bill,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said.
Democrats are seizing on recent revelations that the House GOP’s campaign arm was hacked earlier this year to spotlight that both parties are vulnerable to cyberattacks.
The FBI is investigating a cyber breach at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) that felt like déjà vu to many in Washington -- hackers targeting political campaign groups. This time, however, the perpetrators aimed their digital tools at the GOP instead of Democrats.
House GOP women are facing a far tougher challenge than their male colleagues as they seek to replenish their dwindling ranks on Capitol Hill.
Part of the difficulty for female GOP candidates, according to lawmakers and political operatives, is that they find themselves having to answer for President Trump’s controversial policies and heated rhetoric toward women in ways their male colleagues don’t always have to.
That problem is likely to be exacerbated in 2020, when Trump will be atop the ticket.
