Ernest wrote:
The chances of Trump being impeached are significantly less than zero.
First, it never passes a GOP-controlled Senate.
Second, every sane Democrat actually wants Trump to run in 2020, their assumption being whatever Donkey Doofus they eventually prop up as their candidate becomes a virtual Shoo-In. But we've heard that before...
Forgive the repetition, folks:
I would actually peg his chances of being impeached--which in essence is nothing more than an indictment--at somewhere around 50/50. For impeachment, the House of Representatives becomes a glorified grand jury, and it decides whether or not to approve the proffered articles of impeachment.
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If a majority in the House votes for those articles then the President is impeached. (It's pretty much like a grand jury handing up an indictment.) THEN the president is tried in the Senate, which decides whether to convict-and-remove or not.
For conviction and removal in the Senate I would agree that the chances are less than zero. But there seems to be a decent chance that one or more articles of impeachment will pass the House, so I'm pegging the odds of his being impeached--being indicted--at about 50%.