Articles of impeachment are based on treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct by officials, such as perjury of oath, abuse of authority, bribery, intimidation, misuse of assets, failure to supervise, dereliction of duty, unbecoming conduct, refusal to obey a lawful order, chronic intoxication, and tax evasion.

Trump cannot have committed treason because “treason” is defined narrowly and can only consist of aiding and abetting the enemy (he did) when the country is at war, as determined by Congress. Trump comes very close on this mark, but he does not pass it.

Bribery? We have strong scents of political bribery from the Saudis, from Russia, and within the administration including “the kids” but, so far, we do not have full light on these suspicions and allegations.

Perjury of oath? Absolutely.

Abuse of authority? Absolutely.

Intimidation? Absolutely.

Misuse of assets? He has certainly tried, especially with the border wall.

Failure to supervise? With the most corrupt administration ever, and multiple criminal convictions of folks from his campaign to his White House, Trump’s failure to supervise is demonstrable.

Dereliction of duty? Absolutely and multiply—from Puerto Rico to the most recent shooting deaths, Trump is just not there.

Unbecoming conduct? Is that a question?

Refusal to obey a lawful order? Recently, Trump promised to refuse to obey a lawful order, and by obstructing Congress and the courts, he refuses to obey multiple lawful orders.

Tax evasion? We shall see.

Chronic intoxication? Only if you count Coca-Cola and “hamberders.”

How can we NOT impeach a president who has committed almost every impeachable crime in the book?

If the two other presidents—one forced to resign or be impeached due to his own abuse of authority, obstruction of justice, and corrupt acts; one whose reputation was sullied forever because he got a BJ in the White House and did not want to fess up—and recipients of Congressional ill will deserved impeachment, then how can it be possible that with Trump, we do not impeach?

DC O’Brien

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  1. Trump isn’t even worth impeaching to the Democrats. Hes no longer working towards making America great again. Why would they even try to impeach him? Nancy Pelosi (the capitalist darling of the Democrats) said in an interview with The Washington Post that Im not for impeachment Unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I dont think we should go down that path”. Trump is too pro Israel to impeach. Trump has been tamed. Hes now stating that he wants America to receive the greatest number of immigrants ever (but theyll come here LEGALLY) because for some reason the economy is more important to him than the American people not getting replaced by foreigners. For some reason.

    We have to make the best out of this situation, and that means getting $1000 dollars a month from Andrew Yang.

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