(01-30-2020, 10:43 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-30-2020, 10:28 AM)mikesez Wrote: Abuse of power and obstructing Congress are not crimes.  If he is removed on these counts, Trump wouldn't face any potential of prosecution for them.

The President and the Congress are supposed to be checking each other.  They are supposed to be in tension.  Congress is supposed to have the power of the purse, and the power to override vetoes.  The President is not supposed to abuse his power.  The President is supposed to make himself and his advisors available to answer, not necessarily all questions, but enough questions for Congress to understand what they are up to.  If the President won't respect these, the last remaining check is removal from office.

Impeachment and removal are not about crimes.  They are about maintaining a balance of power between the two branches of government.

This impeachment is solely about sore losers acting out in a temper tantrum over nothing of substance. And you know it too.

This was the "insurance policy" in case he won.

Everyone has known from the beginning this was going to end in acquittal if it was going to get this far.  There should be absolutely no surprise or outrage at this inevitable outcome.

Now, no matter who wins and loses, the 2020 election is forever tainted by the Democrats and the sham impeachment effort.

The facts matter absolutely nothing to those looking for a removal outcome, which the facts have never supported.  The facts didn't support the impeachment from the start, proven by the 100% partisan vote.  This is what was warned against in the Federalist papers.

History will not be kind to those rejecting the truth here.

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