Posted on 05/18/2019 7:43:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan on Saturday became the first Republican lawmaker to say President Trump had "engaged in impeachable conduct." In a series of tweets, Amash wrote he had read the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller and had concluded there is a "threshold for impeachment."
"Under our Constitution, the president 'shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,'" Amash wrote Saturday. "While 'high Crimes and Misdemeanors' is not defined, the context implies conduct that violates the public trust."
Amash also wrote that impeachment does not require "probable cause" has been committed, but rather "simply requires a finding that an official has engaged in careless, abusive, corrupt or otherwise dishonorable conduct."
After Mueller concluded his report in mid-March, Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary, which Amash said "deliberately misrepresented" the full 448-page report. "Barr's misrepresentations are significant but often subtle, frequently taking the form of sleight-of-hand qualifications or logical fallacies, which he hopes people will not notice," he wrote.
Amash wrote that, contrary to Barr's initial assessment of Mueller's report, Mr. Trump had "engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment.
Congress, too, was not spared from criticism by Amash. He called out the partisanship of many lawmakers, saying they shift their perceptions "180 degrees" when discussing former President Bill Clinton and Mr. Trump.
"Few members of Congress even read Mueller's report; their minds were made up based on partisan affiliation — and it showed, with representatives and senators from both parties issuing definitive statements on the 448-page report's conclusions within just hours of its release," Amash wrote.
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Who is voting for him? Is GR that liberal?
Idiot.
He clearly was either paid off by the Dems or has completely lost his mind or both.
How many times is this same news story going to be posted?
If Facebook and Twitter are banning conservatives, perhaps liberals should be banned from FR.
Stop posting this idiot.
that may be...lol..but hes concerned his “past” may be exposed and he'll lose everything if he doesn't get with the program.....Its actually well known by many in MI. politics....
Do your own DD...
There must be liberaltarians and demonrats pushing him over the top?
You are right that he is a libertarian. He was a member of the Freedom Caucus and now the Liberty Caucus. He is a constitutionalist.
He came to my attention during the early 2000s as an opponent of some provisions of the Patriot Act, such as no access to a legal representative for those imprisoned under the act.
Lately I have noticed lack of support on his part for pro-Israel measures.
Naturally, he would be an opponent of President Trump in these perilous times that require executive power beyond what the Democratic Congress would be happy with.
‘Impeach’ this ass in the primary. Vote this traitor the hell out. If we had an intelligent voter base they would do this.
Let me guess....
He’ll be on at least 3, if not all of the Sunday talk shows tomorrow.
And the ones he misses, he’ll be talked about.
The Media sure is lovin’ him today.
this is what...the fourth different article here this evening?
So still waiting on how Trump violated the constitutional by being falsely charged with crime he didn't commit. However it appears to me that with a baseless charge, this dumbass has opened himself up for impeachment!
And just saw that Tlaib has invited this asshat to her office to co-sponsor her Impeachment resolution
And he’ll go, and that will make for another 2 days of him being in the news
He’ll be on at least 3, if not all of the Sunday talk shows tomorrow.
Amash has a Base?
Delusional.
Was this Amash dude ever critical of Obama?
Stop telling people what to do.
The MSM is having a field day with this story. It’s everywhere:
Republican Rep. Justin Amash says President Trump ‘has engaged in impeachable conduct’
Congressman Devin Nunes once called Amash “Al Qaeda’s best friend in Congress”, and I for one think he was right.
#JussieAmash
Because Federal judges who aren’t Democrat are a crime against the Uniparty...
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