Posted on 08/23/2018 8:27:11 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Chuck Todd said Wednesday morning if a "functional Washington" existed that Congress would be holding investigations into the Trump presidency and looking for ways to draw up articles of impeachment. He also advised outgoing House Speaking Paul Ryan to leave behind a group of Republicans to "start an investigation" in the House Judiciary Committee to probe Trump.
"You now have a president of the United States accused of committing a federal crime," Todd said on Wednesday's Today Show. "The way a functional Washington would work is that Congress, there is a process here. The sitting president is accused of a crime. The Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives would begin to look to see if there's enough evidence to start investigating and drawing up articles of impeachment, but this is not a functional Congress. This is a Congress controlled by Republicans."
(snip) … Todd implored the retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan to create a Trump investigation before he leaves office.
"I do think Paul Ryan needs to think long and hard about the future of the Republican Party. This is your last chance off this train," Todd said. … "I think he could actually do the party a favor and just start the procedure in the House Judiciary Committee to give some home, to give some place for Republicans getting nervous to say, 'Hey, you know what, let's start an investigation and we'll go from there."
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If "a functional Washington" exists, there would NEVER be a need for president Trump.
There'd be no covering up for Obama and Hillary Clinton, and a lot of the swamp critters would be sitting in jail.
Words of wisdom from the college dropout.
And what high crime has Trump committed?
For?. Oh, right. A ‘urinalist’ playing like it knows the law and stuff.
I gotta give Chuckie Todd credit for being so relentless in his efforts to spread fake news and get rid of Trump.
When he ultimately realizes his failure, I hope he is despondent for the rest of his life.
What was Chuck Todd’s position on a sitting President committing perjury in the 90s?
In a functional country, everybody would be horse laughing Chuck Todd off the premises.
I can ACCUSE you of raping young boys too. It doesn't make it true. So...STFU Chuck!
I’m beginning to think Tim Russert was murdered.
A functional Washington....would have 90-percent fewer journalists.
Cuck Dood had better start practising holding his breath, and hoping that he doesn’t have a hemp allergy...
He won the 2016 Presidential election.
If a functional Media existed Chuck Todd would be covering the Equestrian events in Wellington since that’s his level of intellect . . . A Horse’s A**
One Trump supporter said he likes talk of impeaching Trump. He observed several persons on the fence about Trump starting to support him because of they recognized this as "crazy talk," statements by those who can think of nothing significant with which to accuse him.
An article of impeachment for what??????
Seriously, these people live in a dream world.
The standard and stretch of logic they are trying to use to spin a plea deal of someone else into an impeachment issue for Trump is insane.
This talk of impeachment should motivate the Trump base to win the midterms!
“Accused of a crime”? So let’s impeach him. Not that he’s guilty of a crime or that he had his day in court. Nope he was “accused of a crime” by Clinton’s legal team. This is outrageous.
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