Not an Inquisition?
Posted on 12/16/2019 2:34:56 PM PST by Libloather
President Donald Trump committed criminal bribery and wire fraud, the House Judiciary Committee alleges in a report that will accompany articles of impeachment this week.
The report, a 169-page assessment of the case for Trump’s removal from office, contends that Trump committed “multiple federal crimes” — ones that Democrats addressed under the broad umbrella of “abuse of power,” the first article of impeachment against the president.
“Although President Trump’s actions need not rise to the level of a criminal violation to justify impeachment, his conduct here was criminal,” the panel’s Democrats argue, labeling Trump’s behavior “both constitutional and criminal in character” and contending that the president “betrayed the people of this nation” and should be removed from office.
The staff report, which was filed to the House Rules Committee just after midnight Monday, argues that Trump directed a months-long scheme to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election, the allegation that forms the core of the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — approved by the Judiciary Committee last week. Democrats emphasized that proving a criminal violation is not required to justify impeachment.
“The Framers were not fools. They authorized impeachment for a reason, and that reason would have been gutted if impeachment were limited to crimes,” the report states.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Wow if they keep digging, maybe they will get to the Petroleum company Burisma and the Bidens...and fine the real crime.
Just want Biden to Obama called before Senate is all .. .
Biden stated during his “bribery” to ask Obama, when threatening to shut off the aide to the Ukraine.
Not an Inquisition?
What is the “wire fraud” they claim he did?
why can’t they throw in “money laundering” and “mail fraud”?
And RICO?
It’s the Homer Simpson Impeachment.................
It matters naught, what those in office who despise my exercise in voting for Donald J Trump. His manner of bringing my country back from the democrat lemming march towards socialism is worthy of my voting for him, for as long as he and his work is required!!
Might as well just throw in sexual assault and rape too.
I read it and it seems to be the utterances of those so-called experts that testified. It does not ADD to the impeachment charges. It’s an opinion paper.
The specifics are in article 2, sub section b, they cant disclose that because of the ongoing investigation, procedural inverse whistle blower clause.
“Although President Trump’s actions need not rise to the level of a criminal violation to justify impeachment”
Utterly UnConstitutional.
They want this to be a violent Banana Republic.
They think if they just say it often enough people will believe it.
Is that like Double Secret Probation?
The Republicans ought ADD some articles of their own:
3. Impure thoughts on a Steamboat Landing.........
4. Whistling Dixie in a Popeye’s Restaurant........
Add your own.
Make the committee VOTE ON EVERY ONE...................
President Trump should use the Chewbacca defense.
No evidence of crimes, according to Schiff’s own witnesses, so this is a Fake Report.
Two scoops when everyone else got one.
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