LET THEM GO AHEAD AND IMPEACH TRUMP.... HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS THEN...
By: Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD, (Political Science)
I have a degree in Political Science, and I am a card-carrying
Libertarian. I've been studying politics and political history for the past
30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents. That said, I hope that the House
of Representatives impeaches Trump. Let me tell you what will happen next!
1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the
Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial.
2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the
Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats,
to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point.
3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about
right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and
question ANYONE THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel
investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial,
we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page,
Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazile, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch,
Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a
whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the
ensuing cover up activities.
A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger
pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of
democrats will start being charged and going to prison.
All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first
time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath – and they
will turn on each other. That is already starting.
4. Lastly, one more thing will happen, the Senate will not convict the
President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about
political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe
that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand
that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of
conviction.
Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will
determine what testimony is allowed -- and **everything** will be allowed,
including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in
favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and
destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information.
They will incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying
and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign
political actors, especially George Soros. After the Senate declines to
convict the President, we will have an election, and Trump will win.
It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and
dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first
time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on
maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black
murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that
are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years
listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was
rigged.
So let's move on to impeachment.
Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD
I think there is some truth in what you wrote, but...rather than use an impeachment proceeding to get the word out, I would prefer that the actual legal instruments created to handle this kind of governmental malfeasance actually be used to attack the cabal.
Standing up an innocent man (who should actually be running the country, not defending himself and getting nothing done) and using him as scaffolding to pile on our evidence of the illegal behavior of those trying to destroy him instead of using the dusty tools of legality that DO exist to pile their own illegal behaviors and lies on top of them seems like a backwards way to do it, in my mind.
I would only approve of allowing the impeachment proceedings to use as a tool to get at his tormenters as a very last resort.
We as a country need to squash this impeachment crap from top to bottom. It needs to exist for real crimes, but to be used selectively by political parties for pure political purposes because they don’t like the way a duly elected president does business will simply destroy our Republic in the end.