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 Trumps 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 Trumps actions need not rise to the level of a criminal violation to justify impeachment, his conduct here was criminal, the panels Democrats argue, labeling Trumps 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 ...
Two scoops of Ice Cream.
GMTA!..................
Excessive catsup on steak..
If it’s not included in the articles of impeachment so sad too bad
Another winner!...............
-PJ
Think what it will be like should those idiots regain full control. Ill keep saying it. We dodged a bullet in 16.
Might as well throw in affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Proof is in the puddin and there ain’t no puddin.
These a&&holes will tell you with hate filled faces that Donald Trump betrayed America when he dared challenge the chosen candidates of both parties.
It was JEB’s turn to run and Hillary was supposed to win.
Are they impeaching him for having two scoops of ice cream? I mean REALLY??? TWO SCOOPS? I’m outraged!
Probably that he posted an erroneous tweet
In 1984 he rented a movie from Blockbuster.
Not only did he return it late, he was not kind for he did not rewind.
A distraction. They know Obama administration hacks are going to federal prison. Along with the Kenyan.
The only question is will Trump pardon the big-eared Marxist.
This impeachment Crap is the splatter shot wall impeachment. See what sticks.
Kinda like dysentery.
5.56mm
Shotgun approach? Throw a lot of stuff against the wall and see if anything sticks? You cannot drum up an imaginary high crime out of a whole lot of little things that are themselves based on lies, innuendo, and spin.
He kept the coin used in the coin flip at Saturday's Army-Navy game. Since he talked on the phone about attending the game, he committed wire fraud.
Had the event been a ferrin' game like soccer or rugby, it would have been yet another emoluments violation. (do those games use a coin flip??)
how quickly we’ve moved on from Russian meddling and obstruction of justice
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