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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, Informative) by edIII on Friday November 01 2019, @10:02PM
You're deeply confused. There is a part of the investigation that is not public, and is "secret". That is still being conducted by the appropriate committees, and whatever occurs in there will be made public, if something actually comes out of it.
They're discussing possibly top-secret information for all we know. There are no rights being suppressed, because nothing has actually happened yet. Somebody made a claim, this committee reviewed it, and now everything will be made public because they determined there is something impeachable and the evidence is credible.
I haven't verified the procedures myself, but word is that the Republicans help craft them and voted for them. These procedures didn't arise out of the ether, but were crafted by the same people complaining about them. It's disingenuous at best for Republicans to complain at all.
Trump still has rights, and there will be ample time and opportunity to question the witnesses and have access to the evidence. Acting otherwise with great hyperbole is just for show. It's deliberate ignorance to create drama out of nothing. The procedures will be followed, and it will be PUBLIC. You and I will have the opportunity to watch C-SPAN and make up our own mind about the evidence.
Personally, I don't need to. Orange Anus released a transcript that he says is correct, and everything damning has been out in the open the whole damn time. The only thing that could occur, is more damning evidence will be uncovered. Nobody is disputing the facts on this you realize? If nobody is disputing the facts, and everybody is stipulating to them, then what can they possibly be discussing in secret that matters at all? That's what I'm curious about. Whether or not Trump is guilty is something I can already decide on based on the evidence he gleefully provided to me.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.