Runningart2004 wrote:
TTH wrote:
Here's some complete nonsense. The chances of a successful impeachment of Trump is very remote however it has at least as much, if not more, chance of blowing up in the Republicans faces.
Yep and details matter. This impeachment would differ from Clinton’s and Nixon’s and Johnson’s.
Clinton’s blew up because he lied about an affair, something that affected his personal life not his professional one. He also came on national TV and apologized.
Simply committing a felony is not grounds for impeachment. Indictment yes, but impeachment is a political process not a legal one. Lying about hush money isn’t going to do it either.
Lying about ties to Russia or why you fired Comey or if that firing was an obstruction to prevent those ties from seeing the light. Yes those are impeachable.
Alan
"Simply" committing a felony?! Dude, don't downplay a felony. "High crimes and misdemeanors". A FELONY falls into that easily. What is impeachable is really whatever the House initially decides it is based on guidance from the Constitution.
A FELONY is considered a serious crime. This is why felons aren't afforded all freedoms that non-felons are afforded.
It is a BIG deal that our President has been implicated in committing two felonies.
Trump is now just the third sitting President ever to be accused of having committed a federal crime...the other two...Nixon and Clinton...articles of impeachment drawn up for both of them.
What Trump has done is way worse than what both of them did combined.