Posted on 12/17/2019 6:05:43 PM PST by george76
Who better to set the rules for Trumps impeachment trial than a guy who has actually been impeached? Thats right, the Democrats, in all their infinite wisdom, appointed Alcee Hastings as the vice chair of the rules committee.
Hastings went through an impeachment trial in 1988 on a bevy of crimes he committed while serving as a federal judge. Playing in the Democrat sandbox, the disgraced ex-judge was elected to congress by the crazed liberals.
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Here's something you don't see every day: Alcee Hastings, a former federal judge impeached and removed from the bench for taking bribes, participating in a House hearing that sets the rules for an impeachment. (Yes, Florida man strikes again...)
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Hastingss problems arent all in the past. There have been several recent scandals hes been caught up in. Hes recently been investigated for having an improper relationship with a staffer, he made a joke about Trump drowning in the Potomac River last year, he was sued for sexual harassment in 2011 (for which taxpayers eventually footed the $220,000 settlement), and in 2010 he accidentally revealed the truth about how the democrats operate by saying on video We make up the rules as we go along,
According to the wikipedia page on him, dude is the poorest member of congress, being $4 Million in debt, most of which being owed to attorneys who have represented him throughout his various scandals. He was caught using $24,000 of taxpayer money to lease a Lexus for his personal use, and he uses his congressional funds to hire his own family members as staffers.
And this is the guy whom democrats proclaim to be morally superior to us peasants.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Doesn’t matter. Once you are impeached you are forbidden, forbade and illegally in a position in the US where you are paid, reap any benefit, etc. BUT...He’ a Democrat so the Constitution doesn’t matter.
Rules and laws are ONLY for GOPers ( especially Trump and us ) have to obey...claim the damned lefties. :-(
Only if someone is convicted by the Senate. Impeachment is just an indictment.
Only if convicted and the Senate bars further public office.
No, the US Senate did not include that disability in its impeachment conviction. . . they deliberately stoped short of doing it at the request of Democrats who brought the impeachment because Hastings had been acquitted of the criminal case in court. . . even though some of the reasons for his acquittal were the perjury charges for which he was impeached.
The Judicial Qualification Committee - headed up by Richard Earle Jr took him down...
Hastings is the postboy for Democrat corruption. The reason he is still in Congress is because he is a black Democrat. Otherwise, if he were a white Democrat, he’d still be there. Same thing. No morals, ethics, character on the Left.
And his long time live in girlfriend is on his staff making fat salary, which is illegal.
HASTINGS...WHO HIMSELF WAS IMPEACHED...
IS 83 YEARS OLD...BRAIN DEAD LIKE PELOSI...
AGE DOES MATTER...
Sick to death of this Impeachment bull shit and liberals...
Shut it down, Senator McConnell..get back to working for the American People..
Hastings is partially right in saying I didn’t do anything white people had (not) done. Politicians, white, black, Republican, Democrat, male, female and other are robbing the taxpayer blind. Do you think Hastings changed his behavior after being impeached? He might be more cautious but not less corrupt. Hastings did more than accept bribes. In order for a majority of Democrats to vote against him there was something else. He should be exposed but the only people of exposing him are as corrupt as he is. They fear he will expose them. James Traficant and Adam Clayton Powell went against the flow and were destroyed. Hastings cannot set rules because he does not believe there are any: There ain’t no rules here, we’re trying to accomplish something. . . .All this talk about rules. . . .When the deal goes down . . . we make em up as we go along.
He’s in Congress now, where bribery and insider trading is legal. As a judge, he showed his suitability for Congress by accepting bribes, he knows how to play along and not stir the pot.
Shameless and fearless. I guess when you have the entire media establishment on your side with a common enemy you can do whatever you want no matter how bad it looks.
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