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  • Schiff: There is legal precedent for impeaching sitting officials over prior criminal conduct

    10/03/2018 11:47:25 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 47 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/03/18 | OLIVIA BEAVERS
    The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said sitting officials can be impeached for prior criminal conduct, citing a recent legal precedent. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) made the remarks after he was asked at a Washington event at the Brookings Institution about whether a sitting president can be prosecuted for federal crimes that he or she committed before taking office.Schiff pointed to a 2010 case in which the Senate voted to impeach Thomas Porteous Jr., who was a Louisiana federal district court judge at the time. Schiff said the Senate convicted him on four articles of impeachment...