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 ...
why don’t the dems just admit it and say “we are impeaching him because he outsmarted the smartest woman in the world.”
And First Degree Murder. You know the Democrats would trip over themselves to get the death penalty re-instated.
A very worthy question: When the phone call process was beginning - when the Burisma corruption was first identified, was Biden actually a candidate and was he leading the polls? Seems so, Biden has been on top of polls for a while.
I look less askance at this if the Bolshies had impeached jOkeass on the same things.
The Dems are making the US less than a banana republic. Thank God they lost in ‘16.
and taller salt/pepper shakers
and don’t forget being taller than Zelensky, sitting in a bigger chair and having his daughter duct taped in the basement...
wasn’t there a time when porn actresses blew paint out of their butts onto a canvas?
You are welcome.
My biggest complaint is the two scoops of ice cream. Why has the House not included this?
I’ sure murder is somewhere there also if they keep searching...I mean if you are going to lie why not go big?!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.