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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.

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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: 2) by edIII on Friday November 01 2019, @09:44PM

    by edIII (791) on Friday November 01 2019, @09:44PM (#914822)

    Why? This was already investigated by both the United States and the Ukraine. Biden and his son were cleared. I don't need to do shit.

    Now, do you know who *should* be doing something about it? CONGRESS!!! They investigated Hillary how many fucking times again?

    No, the appropriate action was:

    1) A press conference. The President of the United States stands up and lays out his claims and states that he is presenting his facts to CONGRESS.
    2) CONGRESS can listen to the President of the United States, speaking to them directly in the Capitol. Not in secret to a few and hiding/manipulating the evidence on hidden servers, but to ALL the legally elected Congressmen and Senators, and the PUBLIC.
    3) After reviewing the FACTS, CONGRESS can then engage their machinery and determine if an inquiry is warranted. Not in a clearly partisan matter, but in a bipartisan matter.
    4) If the evidence proves illicit activity then the Department of Justice can get involved.

    So no, I don't have to do a fucking thing. There is mother fucking procedure for this, and elected representatives to carry out said procedure. Not a delusional dotard in office pretending to be fucking Batman fighting the deep state, and whatever other conspiracies he believes, in secret.

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