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The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report
The report by the House Intelligence Committee was a sweeping indictment of the president’s behavior, concluding that he sought to undermine American democracy and endangered national security, then worked to conceal his actions from Congress. Democrats left it to another committee to decide whether to recommend Mr. Trump’s impeachment, but their report presented what are all but certain to be the grounds on which the House votes to formally charge him.
“The founding fathers prescribed a remedy for a chief executive who places his personal interests above those of the country: impeachment,” it said.
The intelligence panel adopted it, strictly along partisan lines, hours after its release.
— Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times
“The founding fathers prescribed a remedy for a chief executive who places his personal interests above those of the country: impeachment,” it said.
The intelligence panel adopted it, strictly along partisan lines, hours after its release.
— Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times
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Published December 3, 2019
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December 9, 2019
The five stars is for historical significance. Style? Repetitive and bureaucratic. Please note that this was both the Impeachment Inquiry Report and the Republican staff report for what I am writing about.
The most disturbing thing for me is the utter disregard of the rule of law and the Constitution. Congress has the ability to conduct these inquiries and the power grab by the Executive Branch has been an ongoing problem for our Republic since its inception, but we've let it creep and grow gradually. Bush and Obama both overreached in their exercise of Executive Power, but it is nothing compared to what I just read. The real issue of this impeachment inquiry should be about how much power do we grant to the President of the United States. Do we give him absolute authority to simply ignore Congress? The simplest grounds for impeachment, the refusal to obey lawful subpoenas from Congress is at the heart of that question. There is no question Trump instructed and abetted the majority of his senior advisers to simply blow off Congressional subpoenas for testifying and document production.
If I were to blow off a subpoena in my job, I would lose the lawsuit on the best day and get thrown in jail for contempt of court on the worst. It is illegal to ignore a Congressional subpoena. It is a crime. And Mick Mulvaney, Rick Perry, and a host of others ignored Congressional subpoenas. The legal and constitutional basis for doing so is far beyond anything I've ever seen. Also given the evidence actually presented, I am trying to figure out how the sandbagging of Congress is helpful if there is any exculpatory material. The obvious conclusion is that there isn't any exculpatory material and anything turned over would only make the evidence worse than it is, but the reality is we don't know because of an unconstitutional power grab by the executive branch to ignore Congress.
Oh, and if I have to hear anymore about how the actual process of impeachment is somehow a denial of due process, my legal mind just might scream. This is the process.
The most disturbing thing for me is the utter disregard of the rule of law and the Constitution. Congress has the ability to conduct these inquiries and the power grab by the Executive Branch has been an ongoing problem for our Republic since its inception, but we've let it creep and grow gradually. Bush and Obama both overreached in their exercise of Executive Power, but it is nothing compared to what I just read. The real issue of this impeachment inquiry should be about how much power do we grant to the President of the United States. Do we give him absolute authority to simply ignore Congress? The simplest grounds for impeachment, the refusal to obey lawful subpoenas from Congress is at the heart of that question. There is no question Trump instructed and abetted the majority of his senior advisers to simply blow off Congressional subpoenas for testifying and document production.
If I were to blow off a subpoena in my job, I would lose the lawsuit on the best day and get thrown in jail for contempt of court on the worst. It is illegal to ignore a Congressional subpoena. It is a crime. And Mick Mulvaney, Rick Perry, and a host of others ignored Congressional subpoenas. The legal and constitutional basis for doing so is far beyond anything I've ever seen. Also given the evidence actually presented, I am trying to figure out how the sandbagging of Congress is helpful if there is any exculpatory material. The obvious conclusion is that there isn't any exculpatory material and anything turned over would only make the evidence worse than it is, but the reality is we don't know because of an unconstitutional power grab by the executive branch to ignore Congress.
Oh, and if I have to hear anymore about how the actual process of impeachment is somehow a denial of due process, my legal mind just might scream. This is the process.
May 7, 2020
An important and historical document that thoroughly explains the case for Trump's impeachment. For those who do not want to read the lengthy volume, the document is set up for an "executive summary" style at the beginning and dives deep into the details thereafter. Although this work was processed in the political meat-grinder after its publication by Republicans, it will serve as a testament to how President Donald J. Trump was aided by Republicans to escape condemnation and punishment for his actions. America still retains a semblance of a democracy when documents such as this are produced.
January 28, 2020
I read this hoping to get some clarity on the issue. I came away from it satisfied with Trump's guilt but deeply saddened over the divisiveness of modern politics.
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December 19, 2019This was........ Something.
January 1, 2020
A summary of the hearings with a few additional details
March 3, 2020
Yup, I'm one of those geeks that wanted to understand what each side had to say. I got it all in before the trial.
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January 5, 2020Updated version Jan 2, 2020.
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