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[BoogieWoogie]

Crossposting from Poligaf

 

[Lord Frieza]

Article 2: Section 4

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors."

The constitution clearly defines Treason, but not the others: Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors. Those can be argued over sure, but lets look at precedent.

Two Presidents have been impeached:

Andrew Johnson: He defied the Tenure of Office Act
Bill Clinton: Committed Perjury

There is not a substantial enough case yet to bring impeachment against President Trump. I get that there are a lot of questions about Trump's finances. And I hope to god the emoluments civil case headed by Zephyr Teachout succeeds, but It would be unprecedented if the House brought impeachment charges against Trump now for vague "conflict of interest" reasons, and it would FAIL.

There is, but I'm not going to keep arguing with you about it

 

[RPGCrazied]

Of course Pence is licking Trump's ball sack. Man, is there any GOP person with any sort of spine?

 

[digdug2k]

I'll be honest, I won't start panicking until Trump appoints a lackey in Comey's place. Comey himself desperately needed firing, he was an awful fucking FBI director, anyone could see that.

I felt this way a bit during the election mixups. He was fucking dumb about how he handled that. He cost Hillary the election. But the guy isn't an awful FBI director. People are just being dumb now.

 

[Tahnit]

I really believe the entire GOP is in with this. The way they are acting shows it. This is an entire attempt at a takeover.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

I don't even know how to respond to this.

This reeks to high heaven and no ones concealing it.

 

[Metalingus5150]

Of course Pence is licking Trump's ball sack. Man, is there any GOP person with any sort of spine?

Of course not!
They're in power right now!
Why jeopardize it?

 

[theclosetfan]

Pence is now saying it was all the Deputy AG's decision.

Trump "made the right decision at the right time."

He apparently thinks we're all very stupid.

 

[Zyae]

Yup. Russia thing is dead. Spineess fuck. Of course he won't turn on the guy he helped elect.

There is no information in that tweet that can lead you to in conclusions. His date could be moved, he could be sorting his situation out, etc.

 

[StrategyFan]

every republican senator voted for sessions

what do you expect them to do?

 

[djkimothy]

Pence is now saying it was all the Deputy AG's decision.

Trump "made the right decision at the right time."

He apparently thinks we're all very stupid.

Have you seen their supporters/voters?

 

[shadow_shogun]

Crossposting from Poligaf

Huckabee's daughter is the one briefing the press today.

 

[Tahnit]

Pence is now saying it was all the Deputy AG's decision.

Trump "made the right decision at the right time."

He apparently thinks we're all very stupid.

The letter is from sessions!!!! How idiotic is he?!

 

[Human Resources]

looks like Trump may have to get Graham back on board by promising to feed the fresh blood of American teenagers to the beautiful sands of the Maranjab

a stern stare towards McCain should do the trick

 

[ZeoVGM]

Yup. Russia thing is dead. Spineess fuck. Of course he won't turn on the guy he helped elect.

That tweet has absolutely no bearing on "the Russia thing" being dead.

 

[The Lamp]

Here's the full Kelly and Chris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb8azgURFZc

She's good at her job. The peasants will accept her excuses and think Chris sounded whiny.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Huckabee's daughter is the one briefing the press today.

Spicey getting cold feet. Sad!

 

[Maxim726X]

That tweet has absolutely no bearing on "the Russia thing" being dead.

It's a rather significant road bump.

 

[Tovarisc]

https://twitter.com/MichLKosinski

 

[BlastProcessing]

Pence is now saying it was all the Deputy AG's decision.

Trump "made the right decision at the right time."

He apparently thinks we're all very stupid.

If it was the deputy AG's decision then why did the deputy AG's never actually call for Comey's removal in his letter?

 

[theclosetfan]

Have you seen their supporters/voters?

I was talking to some this morning.

"HILLARY LOST GET OVER IT" was their defense for this.

 

[Plumbob]

It's a rather significant road bump.

I'd honestly be surprised if the testimony continued undisrupted. Doesn'f mean the investigation is dead.

 

[LegendofJoe]

Yeah I mean Dems get shafted all the time. In Ohio in 2012 Republicans won over 75% of the seats while only getting 55% of the vote thanks to gerrymandering. So even if Dems lose the state overall but its a close loss, due to gerrymandering its a republican landslide.

But peaceful marching and protesting will save us.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Come to think of it, didn't Yates pull out of her originally scheduled Senate hearing too? So, the Comey thing may not be as big a deal as it seems, but still...

 

[Maxim726X]

I'd honestly be surprised if the testimony continued undisrupted. Doesn'f mean the investigation is dead.

That remains to be seen.

If Comey didn't have a contingency plan for his inevitable dismissal, there's cause for concern.

Most (myself included) seem to be of the opinion that he had to know he was flying too close to the sun.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Saw Trump was retweeting Drudge earlier this morning.

Cool. Cool, cool, cool.

 

[UCBooties]

Screen capture programs. I use puush personally, though I still have the old installer for it.

Also, McCain finally found his spine?

Nah, this is just a periodic spasm. Any actual principles have long since died.

 

[KernelPanic]

Apparently Andrew McCabe will testify in Comey's place. Comey may testify later.

 

[Nafai1123]

Under what statute?

What statute did Congress use when they brought about obstruction of justice charges for Nixon?

 

[3rdman]

I'm certain that this whole "we didn't see the backlash coming" thing is just a lead in to the Clinton deflection.

My exact sentiments as well. They knew this would cause a shit storm, no doubt.

 

[Pedrito]

I'm not quite sure what to make of Lavrov faking surprise at Comey being fired.

 

[Carn82]

Come to think of it, didn't Yates pull out of her originally scheduled Senate hearing too?

She didn't cancel that hearing, it got cancelled.

 

[jiiikoo]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

 

[Chococat]

Come to think of it, didn't Yates pull out of her originally scheduled Senate hearing too? So, the Comey thing may not be as big a deal as it seems, but still...

Yates had to pull out of the House one because of the Trump/Nunez distraction.

The firing of Comey is Trump trying to derail the Senate investigation too. That is absolutely why Comey should appear tomorrow- to not let Trump win by trickery again.

 

[WedgeX]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

Goodness.

 

[Operations]

Turtle McConnell just said he doesn't support a new investigation. The Senate was our last hope.

It's over.

 

[Donos]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

what can you say anymore to this whole bizzaro world.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

 

[kess]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

This sucks.

 

[Sobriquet]

If I hear Pence say "strong, decisive leadership" again I'll scream

 

[hEist]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

Congrats USA, you are now russians bit**.

 

[jelly]

I don't like this, not one bit.

I don't think he would say anything of interest that he could divulge. It would just be never ending questions of why did he fire you, was it the investigation, I can't comment on an ongoing investigation. I think like Obama and Hilary, sit back and let the IC do their work, do be a distraction, put it back on Trump.

 

[Maxim726X]

If I hear Pence say "strong, decisive leadership" again I'll scream

In space*, no one can hear you scream

*Trump's America.

 

[AlexFlame116]

That has to be something, ANYTHING we can do about all this. I'm tired of just calling people and telling them to vote No on this or Yes on that. There has to be something more.

 

[jmdajr]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

 

[RPGCrazied]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

"Thanks for winning the election for me, and we are behind mother Russia 100%"

 

[BatDan]

I just called my Senators.
One I got an actual guy, the other was a voicemail. No surprise the voicemail one is a Republican.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

That has to be something, ANYTHING we can do about all this. I'm tired of just calling people and telling them to vote No on this or Yes on that. There has to be something more.

Wait 3 1/2 years and vote like a madman.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I don't think he would say anything of interest that he could divulge. It would just be never ending questions of why did he fire you, was it the investigation, I can't comment on an ongoing investigation. I think like Obama and Hilary, sit back and let the IC do their work, do be a distraction, put it back on Trump.

But people in this thread keep telling me it's over. Finished. Dead.

Wait 3 1/2 years and vote like a madman.

How the hell do you guys always forget the midterms?

 

[Oersted]

https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/862325489041645568

I'm lost for words