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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: 4, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday November 01 2019, @09:58PM (1 child)
Why are each of these crimes not impeachable:
- Receiving bribes from foreign governments. (Bribery is specifically listed as grounds for impeachment in the Constitution)
- Sexual assault (at least 25 counts, including 1 of a minor).
- Public corruption that directs federal spending to his personal accounts. (also specifically listed as grounds for impeachment)
- Witness tampering.
- Obstruction of justice (this one cost Nixon his presidency).
- Involvement with organized crime (RICO).
- Extortion. (Specifically, if Ukraine didn't get the aid that the president was dangling in front of him, they'd likely be taken out by Russia, and everyone involved knew it)
- Business fraud (TrumpU).
- Threatening the life of public officials (most notably Ilhan Omar).
- Tax evasion.
- Crimes against humanity (treatment of migrants at the border in violation of the Geneva Conventions).
- Campaign finance violations (payoffs of Stormy Daniels and several other victims of sexual assault by the president, as detailed by Michael Cohen).
Evidence of all those crimes is currently in the public record.
Additional crimes there's good reason to think he may have committed but aren't yet proven in the public record include:
- Money laundering.
- Murder of a witness (namely, Jeffrey Epstein, although a lot of other people had means, motive, and opportunity for that one).
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday November 09 2019, @11:00PM
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