Posted on 01/24/2021 8:01:45 AM PST by Hojczyk
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it was constitutional to continue with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even after he has left the office of the presidency.
Anchor Dana Bash asked, “Many of your colleagues, I’m sure you’ve heard, argue that it’s not constitutional to convict a president who is no longer in office. Do you agree with that? ”
Romney said, “Well, I’ve read a number of law review articles, and I think if you put aside the partisan columns if you will written in various publications and look at those that are written by academics, you’ll find that the preponderance of the legal opinion is that an impeachment trial after someone has left office is constitutional. I believe that’s the case. I’ll, of course, hear what the lawyers have to say for each side, but I think it’s pretty clear that the effort is constitutional.”
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Wrong!
The lack of names is telling. The only constitutional scholars I have read, Dershowitz, Turley, Levin, have all said unconstitutional. Dersh and Turley are dems.
Old saying is you can’t trust a politician.
We know we can trust Mitt Romney.
To knife us in the back and move with the winds that benefit the left and his personal life. Citizens he “serves” can forget about anything good from Mittens.
My dog could speak with greater authority about the US Constitution.
And I don’t even have a dog...
Romney ,"I'm not a lawyer but I saw one on TV once...so...!
If there’s an impeachment trial, President Trump can present the massive evidence of democrat managed election fraud and the democrat/ANTIFA planned false flag operation to shut down presentation of evidence at the traitorous Pence-led election certification.
Picture of President Trump dining with the treacherous Mitt Romney.
Trump: “We cut back on government spending waste, Mitt. Fired my food taster. You’re it. Do you still feel okay?”
I’ll look forward to the impeachment of Obama for 1) spying on an American citizen (Trump) using a phony dossier to obtain a FISA warrant, and 2) using the IRS to shut down its political opponents.
He saw every episode of Perry Mason & Judd for the Defense !
Of course it’s not Constitutional! Legal experts already said the Democrats violated the Constitution six different ways with what they did in the House, no evidence, no investigation, no hearing, no rebuttal, a complete Kangaroo Court from beginning to end. They view the Constitution as toilet paper.
Translation: “This mad dog needs to be shot, immediately!”
Romney::.
You are a idiot Pierre Delecto.
Impeachment is for the removal of a sitting office holder..
Trump is no longer holding office...
It is completely unconstitutional to further this nonsense.
I understand you and the Uniparty establishment want Trump unable to ever be a threat to you again... and make no mistake that is what this is about.
This is all about 2024.. and the fact that they know they stole this election... they know Trump won, and will win in 2024 if he runs again.
This impeachment is nonsense and unconstitutional
If so, then what’s the statute of limitations? When Republicans ever take back the house, I suggest they impeach Biden, Obama, Clinton and Carter.
Old is the new young.
I’ll bet the people of Utah bury their heads every time this idiot opens his mouth. Too bad they can’t recall him.
Hate to be negative but with the Schumer Senate Majority Leader arrangement, how can he not have his panel head declare "Irrelevant" "You cannot introduce anything about the alleged and disproven election problems as this matter had nothing to do with the Trump supporter terrorists the day of the attempted overthrow of the government at the Capitol. Overruled."
NO
No they don’t, they love the guy.
The Karl Roves and Romneys and the Bushes all voted for Biden, some by their own admission.
Those Never-Trumpers, who did not vote for Trump, are really upset that Trump moved the GOP in what they call "the wrong direction."
These people tend to get in positions of leadership and take credit for everything the grassroots do.
Trump rolled them over and exposed their backsides and made them irrelevant.
These people need to be roundly booted out of the party.
We don't need to create a new party, we just need to make sure that our leadership are not assholes.
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