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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry

posted by martyb on Friday November 01 2019, @02:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the Red-Queen-Race dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50246324

"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.

This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.

The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.

Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Saturday November 02 2019, @02:44PM (4 children)

    by Pino P (4721) on Saturday November 02 2019, @02:44PM (#915037) Journal

    Volume II of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election [wikipedia.org] lists ten counts of obstruction of justice [wikipedia.org]. Under federal sentencing guidelines that apply to everybody but the President of the United States, obstruction adds two levels to the sentence for any other federal crime, which can elevate a misdemeanor to a felony. And given how elected officials are in a unique position to obstruct justice, obstruction is among the "high crimes" (abuses of an office's power) that can get a President removed from office.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:27PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:27PM (#915092) Journal

    lists ten counts of obstruction of justice

    Alleged.

    • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Sunday November 03 2019, @01:54PM (1 child)

      by Pino P (4721) on Sunday November 03 2019, @01:54PM (#915316) Journal

      And it's the House's job to follow up on these allegations of bribery, obstruction, and other high crimes, and lay the evidence before the Senate.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 04 2019, @04:02AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 04 2019, @04:02AM (#915586) Journal

        And it's the House's job to follow up on these allegations of bribery, obstruction, and other high crimes, and lay the evidence before the Senate.

        Only if there's evidence for the allegations. Trials are punishments in themselves and shouldn't be allowed on frivolously contexts. Just because a prosecutor can "indict a ham sandwich" doesn't mean that the threshold is appropriate. I think it's notable here that there's never been probable cause for the Mueller fishing expedition and none of the charges mentioned have anything to do with the purported purpose of the investigation.

    • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday November 04 2019, @08:22PM

      by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday November 04 2019, @08:22PM (#915897) Journal

      Then let them be tried.

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