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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: 5, Informative) by LVDOVICVS on Friday November 01 2019, @05:01PM (2 children)

    by LVDOVICVS (6131) on Friday November 01 2019, @05:01PM (#914662)

    He jeopardized national security for his own political gain. He held held foreign aid hostage for personal benefit. If that's not impeachable, nothing is.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @02:49AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @02:49AM (#914924)

    well, banging an intern and obfuscating Congress about it was enough back in the day.

    Now we have a president who brags about his gaslighting of (aka lying to) Congress on a perpetual basis and THAT isn't impeachable?
    By the Republicans' own actions, burden of proof and processes from the Clinton era, Trump is impeachable many times over, and they should have no problems here.

    • (Score: 2) by LVDOVICVS on Saturday November 02 2019, @05:34AM

      by LVDOVICVS (6131) on Saturday November 02 2019, @05:34AM (#914963)

      They *should* have no problems with calling him out. But it appears once you've sold your soul to the Orange Devil there's never even the faintest hope of ever getting it back.

      But he might toss a few bucks into your re-election fund if you stand naked on the Senate desks and sing his praises from the top of your lungs one more time.