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"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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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @07:40PM (11 children)
The outcome is "predetermined" because Trump's crimes are ridiculously obvious and we've all seen the evidence. Obstruction of justice, emoluments violations, beyond crazy nepotism (not a crime that I know of, but since yall are so worked up over Biden's son)
You mention merit, so again I'd like to repeat that we have the publicly available evidence of Trump's crimes, there is no "merit" required. It isn't hearsay, it isn't a witch hunt, try developing a conscience and a respect for facts.
(Score: 1, Troll) by slinches on Friday November 01 2019, @08:00PM (2 children)
Yes, that's why they were calling for impeachment before he even took office.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @09:45PM (1 child)
I, for one, don't recall any mainstream discussion impeaching Trump before he took office. Admittedly that's "no true Scotsman" fallacy, but you can always find some extremist who says anything. Case in point, do you really think the Queen of England is a lizard alien?
Moreover, many people on the left hated Bush, but there were no widespread calls for his impeachment.
On the other hand, I do remember Trump and numerous Republicans demanding over and over that Obama present his birth certificate... even after more and more evidence was presented, including (as a recall) a photocopy of it.
I feel like this is a case of Republicans projecting and preemptively accusing others of their own playbook. It's a classic gaslighting technique... accusing the victim of the very action being done. (e.g. a spouse-abuser filing reports with the police that they are in fact the victim being abused by the other.)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @11:42PM
One of Obamas parents was some kind of intelligent agent, with some still classified activities. That is why they had to release a fake birth certificate and ran McCain against him as controlled opposition so they could pass this: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-resolution/511 [congress.gov]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @11:46PM (4 children)
People like you who get their information from the fake news are in for quite a surprise. All the info on whats coming is out there, even this fake whistleblower is just another corrupt bureaucrat involved in the same illegal scheme. He is the previously unknown "Charlie" (mentioned in the Strozk-Page texts. It is all out there for you to see.
All these "crimes" have been fabricated in an attempt to cover up a massive web of corrupt dealings by the republicrats.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @12:05AM (2 children)
You bots are lazy, just deny deny deny and fake newz fake newz fake newz
Guess you drank the trump-aid, fatal only to intelligence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @12:15AM (1 child)
Anything to let you ignore reality.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:17PM
When reality is Trump saying these things himself, "transcripts" that are summaries cleaned by the WH and still incriminating, his constant lies like "TOTAL EXONERATION" when the report explicitly said it does not exonerate.
Hmmm, yeah, totally me ignoring reality here o.O
(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @12:28AM
The mysterious "Charlie": https://saraacarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-04-25-CEG-RJ-to-DOJ-Surveillance-of-Trump-Transition-Team.pdf [saraacarter.com]
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Saturday November 02 2019, @01:52AM (2 children)
Of course the outcome is predetermined. Nothing sticks to that guy. Particularly not the truth. I'll be mightily surprised if he actually gets impeached.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @06:16PM
If his conduct is considered not impeachable, then the next Presidents are going to really tear the place up. Foreign govts supporting domestic candidates? Using US money (tax money) to leverage personal favors? Plain and simple using tax money to pay yourself. Openly and without consequence? That's the Libya model.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:57PM
Nothing sticks because he is actually not corrupt (in the sense that he follows the law). You standard DC criminal just cannot comprehend such a monstrosity in their midst and repeat lies over and over until it is drummed into the skulls of idiots like you.
If a substantial percent of people really believthis BS, the US deserves what it is going to get.