Democrats have again raised the prospect of Donald Trump’s impeachment as the US House judiciary committee asked a judge to force the release of grand jury evidence from the Mueller investigation.The request, filed on Friday, explicitly referenced Congress’ impeachment powers and is a major step forward in the Democrats' legal fight against the US president.It comes as Mr Trump threatened to investigate Barack Obama “the way they’ve looked into me”. Please allow a moment for the liveblog to load:In statements given in the Oval Office, the US president suggested the attention given to his ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice could apply to other presidents. Mr Trump also hit out at French president Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of “foolishness” after Paris announced a tax aimed at US technology companies.He also hinted that he would tax French wine in retaliation, adding that he preferred American wine despite being a know teetotaller.Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court gave his administration the green light to spend $2.5bn from a military budget on building a border wall.A trial court had previously said the money could not be switched from the Pentagon towards construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border. But on Friday the nation’s highest court permitted constriction to continue while litigation over the issue played out.
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