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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry

posted by martyb on Friday November 01 2019, @02:18PM   
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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• Re:It's sad (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday November 09 2019, @10:43PM

  by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Saturday November 09 2019, @10:43PM (#918423) Journal

  Obstruction of justice is such a felony. Interfering with witnesses subpoenaed to appear before a congressional investigation into obstruction of justice has a nice ring to it.

  Obstruction was the charge that brought Nixon down, both in the eyes of the public and the republicans in the senate. He resigned when he was told that the votes weren't there to save his ass.

  Of course, treason is also supported by trying to make it look like Ukraine, and not Russia, was behind the hacks of Clinton's email. And he can't pardon himself for treason since any action he took after any treasonous act is null and void.

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