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Impeachment isn’t About Politics, it’s About Precedent.
When democratic leadership has turned resistance into assistance.
After three years of questions and nonstop media coverage, special counsel Robert Mueller finally determined there was not enough evidence to show clearly that Trump and his campaign conspired with Russia to fix the election. At the same time he was not able to clear Trump on eleven instances of possible obstruction of justice, and decided that it would be left to congress to determine whether or not they should begin impeachment proceedings.
Since then, many high profile democrats such as congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and senator Elizabeth Warren have gone on the record to express their view that impeachment proceedings should begin. Even far right tea party Republican Justin Amash has gone against party lines to state publicly that it is time to begin that process, and start the investigations. In a statement in response to Mueller’s latest attempt at clarifying exactly where he stands on the issue, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jared Nadler said:
“The Constitution points to Congress to take action to hold the president accountable for his misconduct. It falls to Congress to respond to the crimes, lies, and other wrongdoing of President Trump.”
