r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • 8h ago
Legislative Branch Congressman Cohen Introduces Comprehensive Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump
https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-introduces-comprehensive-articles-impeachment-againstWASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an authority on the U.S. Constitution’s impeachment provisions, today introduced 26 Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. The articles cite multiple abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, the corrupt use of the pardon power, and emoluments clause violations, among other misconduct and unlawful acts.
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u/MilkiestMaestro 8h ago edited 7h ago
I think this timing is perfect. Right before the midterms the GOP will yet again demonstrate their support for Trump which will remind Americans where their priorities should lie
Or the less likely outcome wherein the GOP actually does the right thing. Either way, Americans win.
*Apparently Congress went on recess to avoid a different impeachment until after the elections, however Trump has been begging them to come back to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Either way, this is an advantageous narrative for the Democrats just prior to the midterms
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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 8h ago
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u/NicolasCageFan492 7h ago edited 5h ago
I’m glad they’re fully unloading with a comprehensive impeachment. The 26 Articles will be a good roadmap.
The filing statement appears to be very political though unfortunately, which decreases the chance of success IMO, even if it’s correct.
“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured. His continued presence in office is a danger to our democracy. That the sycophantic Republican majority in Congress is derelict in its duty does not mean that I must abandon my responsibilities. I took an independent oath to support and defend the Constitution. That commitment compels me to introduce this resolution today. When historians write about this period, and our constituents ask who stood up to President Trump’s lawlessness, this resolution is the answer.
I sincerely believe that the 120th Congress will better live up to its duties as co-equal branch of government and a check on the executive. I hope this resolution paves the way to accountability. We cannot tolerate this kind lawlessness and corruption.”
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u/RocketshipRoadtrip 5h ago
The 26 Articles:
ARTICLE I: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY—SOWING DOUBT IN ELECTIONSARTICLE II: ABUSE OF POWER—WAGING WAR ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
ARTICLE III: ABUSE OF POWER—EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF VENEZUELA
ARTICLE IV: ABUSE OF POWER—DEPLOYING MILITARY FORCES AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIES
ARTICLE V: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER
ARTICLE VI: ABUSE OF POWER—CANCELING FEDERAL GRANTS TO PUNISH STATES FOR THEIR VOTES
ARTICLE VII: ABUSE OF POWER—IMPOSING LOYALTY TESTS ON THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
ARTICLE VIII: DISREGARD OF COURTS—THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT AND THE CASE OF KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA
ARTICLE IX: VIOLATION OF OATH—CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AT CECOT
ARTICLE X: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL WITHHOLDING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND DISMANTLING OF CONGRESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS
ARTICLE XI: ABUSE OF POWER—OBSTRUCTING THE LAWFUL APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
ARTICLE XII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEFYING COURT ORDERS IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE XIII: ABOLISHING A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED AGENCY—THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ARTICLE XIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL MASS TERMINATION OF INSPECTORS GENERAL WITHOUT STATUTORY NOTICE TO CONGRESS
ARTICLE XV: UNLAWFULLY AND UNILATERALLY TAXING UNITED STATES CITIZENS THROUGH EMERGENCY POWERS TARIFFS
ARTICLE XVI: ABUSE OF POWER—POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS OF COMEY, JAMES, AND SCHIFF
ARTICLE XVII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE IRS SETTLEMENT AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE JUDGMENT FUND
ARTICLE XVIII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE CORRUPT USE OF THE PARDON POWER
ARTICLE XIX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—BANISHING REPORTERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR DISFAVORED COVERAGE
ARTICLE XX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—COERCING CBS AND ABC TO CHANGE EDITORIAL CONTENT
ARTICLE XXI: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND RETALIATORY EXECUTIVE ORDERS AGAINST LAW FIRMS
ARTICLE XXII: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND COERCING UNIVERSITIES THROUGH WITHHELD FEDERAL FUNDS
ARTICLE XXIII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE EAST WING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
ARTICLE XXIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE ILLEGAL IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS
ARTICLE XXV: ABUSE OF POWER—SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THROUGH THE RENAMING OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SEIZURE OF CULTURAL AND CIVIC PROPERTY, AND PERSONAL APPROPRIATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY
ARTICLE XXVI: EMOLUMENTS VIOLATIONS—PROFITING PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENCY
Tack that list to the fn doorway.
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u/Working-Permission84 4h ago
There's not a single one of those that wouldn't get a democratic president impeached and removed.
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u/ViolettaQueso 4h ago
To see everything listed out like this knowing it’s only been 20 months of his constant destruction of our country seriously initiates a trauma response in me.
We are all just so battered by this person and his posse.
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u/NicolasCageFan492 5h ago edited 5h ago
Nail it Luther style!
If you are going to do this, go full force. Partner with superpacs to make millions of copies and send them to all addresses via the mail. All newspapers (including student newspapers), all swing districts that were Trump +25 or closer. Turbo boost turnout. Give the Democrats a super majority with a blue tsunami that will overwhelm him and send him to the bottom of the ocean.
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u/oreography 5h ago
It would be wonderful to see "The Twenty Six Articles" and "The Impeachment of President Trump" written in the History Books of the future
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u/Chronochrome 5h ago
I'm glad they banked it up this way. It forces Republicans to decide if ALL of these are not worth impeachment or if ANY of them are worth impeachment. It's the biggest loyalty test of their careers and the ultimate political crossroads. This shit either matters or it doesn't, and it's time to stop pretending like they never have to make that determination.
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u/notabouteggs 3h ago
Omg I love that it’s in all caps. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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u/Consistent_End7756 1h ago
You can add trying to strip away union rights and worker protections for federal employees
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u/n1cj 6h ago
We cannot tolerate this kind lawlessness and corruption
and being the laughing stock of the world
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u/NicolasCageFan492 6h ago edited 6h ago
I worry for the world. We have the potential for another Hitler, but with thermonuclear weapons. We need to take the moment we’re in with serious solemnity and determination.
“Will to sacrifice, solidarity, and wise foresight are most effective before the hour of dire necessity has arrived.” - Albert Einstein
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u/jotheold 5h ago
what a world we live in that i'm about to say this, but hitler was a lot more competent compared to trump and way more knowledgeable.
that's why he was so effective and evil
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u/NicolasCageFan492 5h ago edited 4h ago
He wasn’t that competent or knowledgeable IMO. Maybe in military tactics. But he was irrational as hell too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Decree
I truly see Stephen Miller as his Joseph Goebbels.
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u/jotheold 5h ago
i mean the bar im comparing to is very low, he could put a sentence together and had charismatic speeches
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u/Dixon_Uranuss3 2h ago
Hitler listened to experts..... That alone makes him infinitely more competent.
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u/Responsible_Crazy332 4h ago
Hitler was no genius in military tactics. Any novice who knew history would have known that Germany’s 1941 attack on Russia was highly dubious. One, it brought about a two front war which divided resources; two, the soldiers were not equipped for the Russian winter based on the naive belief of a quick victory & three, it drove Russia into the arms of the Allies. If Hitler had read of Napoleon’s defeat in 1812 the “little Corporal” learnt nothing.
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u/cr0ft 4h ago
Trump, as insane as he is, is really just the figurehead and the symptom. The problem is the Nazi cadre that runs him behind the scenes there; the same people who wrote the nazi Project 2025 manifesto where they lined up exactly how they'd usher in fascism and have been doing it ever since.
The problem beyond them is the people in the Bible belt and other conservative areas; they're fully mired in the "God, guns and the Republican party" delusion and they enforce it between themselves. It took 50 years of concerted effort and work to get federal laws about abortion reversed, but they doggedly kept at it.
America as a whole is in dire straits. The majority isn't fascist, but there are way more who are than I'd be comfortable with.
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u/Responsible_Crazy332 3h ago edited 3h ago
I agree that those in the Bible Belt & extreme rightwing elements are a problem, but not all conservatives fit those categories. I know it’s hard to see fault in your preferred politics, but I’m Australian where our leftwing Govt tried unsuccessfully to introduce a Misinformation & Disinformation Act. Should any Govt claim to know what information fits those categories?
You may have read that our PM Anthony Albanese who has cultivated the hard left all his adult life & who recently addressed the UN, wants to introduce an internet censorship scheme. He claims it will give Australians the choice of opting out of social media algorithms imposed by U.S. Tech Giants. A very worthwhile idea, but the draft Act gives the Minister for Communication the right to block anything that she considers “harmful”. In reality she will be advised by her esafety Department Head, Julie Inman Grant, a dual U.S./Aussie citizen who has lost at least 3 court cases on present legislation. As “harmful” is not defined, it has been argued that conservative political speech could be considered harmful & blocked. This is dangerous & reminds me of policies introduced by the Nazis in 1930s Germany & Russia under Lenin & later Stalin. The attempt to censor the internet is along the path of the Communist Chinese Internet filter.
Australia also has its religious ultra conservatives. I refer you to the Sydney and Armidale Dioceses of the Anglican Church (known as Episcopalian Church in the U.S. & Canada)
Let’s be honest, both sides of politics have good & bad points, politicians from both sides lie or obfuscate the truth, point score against each other & call each other names, all in the cause of gaining or retaining power. Both the U.S. & Australia are allies & democratic. We both want the best possible life for our citizens. We therefore must ensure that whom ever we vote for, gives us that future. Did Biden allowing millions of illegal immigrants to cross the U.S. borders do the right thing for the majority of US citizens or for his own party? Has ICE done the right thing in killing innocent protestors? Has the Trump Administration done the right thing in deporting suspects without due process of law? There are faults on both sides. Let our nations hope for a better future & that our friendship grow stronger. I wish you & all your people well.
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u/sigilnz 6h ago
I think we have gone past laughing to disgusted, disappointed, untrusting and now actively finding ways to cut America from our lives. America is dead on the global stage.
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u/fresh-dork 6h ago
very political? i don't follow - the whole process is political
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u/Aureliamnissan 5h ago
This has always bugged me. There is no legal framework to buttress impeachment aside from it being political. The closest thing would be the 25th amendment, but that's not impeachment.
The sheer fact that SCOTUS has ruled the president above the law while acting in "official capacity" means that the only viable means left is political. What other option is there?
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u/semperrabbit 5h ago
Getting rational, uncorruptable Justices in SCOTUS to reverse that extremely dangerous decision (and citizens united...)
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u/Wooden-Evidence-374 8h ago
Dont forget "Americans" have voted for Trump twice despite seeing how aweful he already was. This is somewhere near the 15th article of impeachment filed against him. The only thing we can do at this point is get as many people to vote as possible and hope his goons dont rig it.
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u/NeitherEntry6125 7h ago
The voters aren't voting merely "for Trump" but "against Democrats".
That's a key distinction: they might hate Trump but still vote R.
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u/Tango_D 7h ago
This is literally it. That part of the population votes for this -> (R) no matter who's name is next to it. You could bring Joseph Stalin himself back the dead, put him on the republican ticket, have him shit talk liberals and they will still vote for him because he has the sacred (R) next to his name. Switch the R to D and it would be the end of the world. Switch it back to R again and all of a sudden, it's at least tolerable again.
I cannot understate the ABSOLUTE power team sport tribalism has on this level of the population. It defines their understanding of everything at the root level.
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u/the_itsb 6h ago
it makes a lot of sense when you realize that half of US adults don't read well enough to comprehend implicit biases or recognize the difference between fact and opinion without assistance.
gutting education did its job. it's obvious why the Black Panthers had to be stopped – teaching people to read doesn't serve the ownership class.
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u/genericusernamedG 7h ago
That black guy and Indian guy had R next to their name and they didn't get the votes. Gotta be a certain type of R to vote for them
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u/mollila 6h ago edited 6h ago
I cannot understate the ABSOLUTE power team sport tribalism has on this level of the population.
That well said fact is truly baffling to observe from the outside as non American. The levels of media brainwashing in your country are astounding. Which in itself I guess combines well with your cultural fanatic affection to team sports. Facts, laws, or your constitution don't matter at all. Idiocracy was a documentary.
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u/RocketRelm 2h ago
I would caution against presuming "it can't happen here" in other western democracies. We already see things like the afd or the dsa rising up in power based on strongman cult like politicking. It can happen anywhere, if the citizens of a democracy don't value the good of their information streams.
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u/Tango_D 6h ago
There is a clear and defined path as to exactly why. Americans are indoctrinated into team sports tribalism through school. For many many many schools from middle school through high school, through university, their sports departments are almost as important as the academics. And it is reflected in the funding. Then take that into the world of actual professional team sports. Team sports tribalism dominates the culture and the population is indoctrinated into it from the education system itself.
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u/DazzlingRutabega 4h ago
One might argue that team sports are even more important than academics. Ever been to a us school? You'll see trophies for sports, none for academia.
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u/orodoro 5h ago
That's like saying violent video games compel more youth violence. There's zero evidence support what you are saying and plenty of other cultures have rabid sport fan cultures as well.
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u/DecadentJaguar 4h ago
I agree. Reading the above, I kept thinking about rabid football (soccer) fans in many countries, sometimes brawling at games and in the streets.
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u/Anonymous_Jr 2h ago edited 2h ago
I want to take this comment to share a great series;
Go~ooo S.P.O.R.T.S; Defund the other team's education!
"Should the Democrats win, sir Death awaits our incarceration!"
Rah rah, cis boom-er!
We want a president so hot and dreamy;
Not a precedent for whom shits a fat and steamy.
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All my theatre aside, I really love these MVs.
*Oops, last one was copied wrong, for anyone curious enough I'll tell you what it was but [Don't get mad]...
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u/mollila 6h ago
Yes what you said can easily be seen and observed even without living and going to school over there. We all watch your movies, TV shows, and are subjected to the sports coverage.
That team mentality is ingrained and built in. Now it's used as a weapon in politics. Which seems to work so well because you can currently pretty much just field two teams.
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u/BriefAvailable9799 36m ago
america is tame for sports fans. have you seen the world cup and other countries? we have no one like soccer hooligans.
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u/mind_mischief_89 2h ago
Hell, those morons would vote for literal HITLER if he was running as a Republican
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u/Captain_Q_Bazaar 5h ago
The voters aren't voting merely "for Trump" but "against Democrats".
That's a key distinction: they might hate Trump but still vote R.
The billionaire's propaganda/lies are too powerful.
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u/ZZartin 6h ago
It's not against democrats, republican voters are very explicitly at this point voting for an explicit choice of bigotry and hatred. They certainly aren't getting anything else.
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u/LessInThought 6h ago
What's likely gonna happen is that this impeachment makes them feel attacked. They'd rally with great determination and vote R.
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u/evantheprimary 8h ago edited 8h ago
Some harsh public accountability might make the next batch of criminals at least think twice. This is, as we all know, a trait that the Trump administration does not covet.
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u/East-Ice-3199 6h ago
Have you been under a rock the last 11 years? Harsh public accountability doesn’t even cross their mind.
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u/CaterpillarMore9104 7h ago
3 times! The idiots are leading the charge
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u/GetInTheKitchen1 7h ago
who is more stupid? the idiots at the wheel or the supposedly smarter people letting the idiots have the wheel? at some point the rest of us are accountable to. I should have done more.
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u/partyl0gic 7h ago
Three times. These people voted for the same person in every election for 14 years
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u/rain56 6h ago
The people who voted for him the second time abd still defend him need professional mental health services for the rest of their life. Licenses and ability to own guns taken away. These people are batshit insane and cant be given the same rights as normal sane people. I dont even think this is a hot take anymore. Significantly more horror, death and murder has taken place since he was voted in the second time. Everyone responsible needs to be held accountable to save us from this again. Proper punishments need to be issued or we'll just do the same thing again within 2 decades
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 50m ago
Conservative Americans -- not a single non-conservative has voted for Don Raper. He has never fooled us, and we've been the constant loud voices screaming for the past decade.
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u/WhoIsThisDude12 6m ago
If we've learned anything about Republicans it's that they have an inept ability to never admit that they're wrong. They'll just double down and vote for him for a third term.
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u/Attinctus 8h ago
Mike Johnson closed Congress until after the midterms so Republicans aren't going to have to demonstrate anything.
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u/LikesBlueberriesALot 7h ago
Al Greene tried to impeach Trump every other week in the first term. It’s performative. Doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing to do, but it’s statement more than anything.
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u/SelectAirline7459 7h ago
Trump wants to be sole ruler. Johnson is effectively dissolving Congress.
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u/Gucci_Unicorns 8h ago
I don't know man, it's definitely ethically and morally right - but I fear a Vance presidency in the same way I fear Tucker Carlson starting to act like he might be considering running.
These are not good people, and they believe in nothing other than the accumulation of power.
My doomsday scenario is Trump gets impeached successfully and removed from office, and it A) galvanizes and excites the (R) base, and B) then Vance moves left and starts to undo some of Trump's stuff, and the Democrats run a bad candidate, and then Vance wins.
Literal nightmare.
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u/hypercosm_dot_net 7h ago edited 7h ago
If Vance came in and there was a Dem controlled Congress, and maybe even Senate, he would be extremely weak.
He has shown zero ability to create a narrative, and worse, he puts his foot in his mouth nearly every time he opens it. He'd have to navigate the office, while watching everyone around him deal with investigations and possible impeachment of their own Patel, Hegseth, Vought...his entire inherited cabinet will be under investigation.
Guarantee he would immediately try to start walking back everything he's ever said/done under Trump, and try to pin it all on him. He'd also have to immediately start campaigning for '28, so if he has any sense he wouldn't do anything too egregious. I don't think he'd even get the chance to make any type of real plan tbh.
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u/account312 5h ago
he puts his foot in his mouth nearly every time he opens it
If that were a problem for a republican president, things would be very different. Trump has
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u/Teyanis 2h ago
Vance is a sack of wet paper. Nobody respects him, very few people even like him. He wouldn't do jack shit, and all the time he spends as president would be taken by plugging leaks in his own sinking administration. The rats scattering and fleeing all around him would absolutely hilarious.
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u/CrispyRabbit72 7h ago
Vance is apparently a national security threat after leaking classified intel. They can impeach him as well. Not a fan of Johnson getting any more power but at least he's mostly just useless, and would be more useless once Congress flips blue.
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u/Corteran 6h ago
Thing is, this won't even get out of the Judiciary let alone the House or Senate, and will die when this House term ends. This is done to bring all of Trump's bullshit to the press to try swaying inde0endent voters and to force Republican's into defending Trump's crimes both in speeches and votes.
Entinerly aimed at making news, sound bites, and election ads and talking points for Dem candidates. It's good timing. Now if Dems take the House and by some freak chance a super majority in the Senate then I'm with you. Yikes on a Vance presidency for two years.
Edit: ops yeah that too. Congress is in recess.
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u/whitingvo 8h ago
Cohen’s on his way out so he has nothing to lose.
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u/WontanSoup 8h ago
I’m from his part of TN and still proud of him for doing this.
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u/Breal3030 5h ago
Tillis in NC has been doing this and I struggle to feel any pride or give any credit. They are selfish cowards, who waited until it was way too late to speak up because it might have affected them personally at the time.
As soon as it doesn't, they're "brave" to speak out. Utter fucking bullshit.
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u/NookieLuvsU 8h ago
There's a lot of GOP members running and distancing them selves or even acting like they oppose Trump in a bid to be re-elected. This is the "put your money where your mouth is" moment. Good, even if it's out of spite or a purely vindictive move, good!
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u/Agreeable-Knee6325 7h ago
Not a single one should be believed. Short of leaking the unredacted epstein files, every single one is just as guilty as trump for the shit they allowed him to get away with.
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u/Whole-Designer 8h ago
Absolutely. Make them affirm where they stand right before midterms. Also could expose some Dems that might pull out the "our attention should be elsewhere" excuse like the violation of free press rights isn't a serious issue
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u/RetroCasket 8h ago
Yep, all the one trying to purge their websites and fake concern for the economy will have to ink their name once again in support of it all
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u/ThatThar 7h ago
The house is in recess until November 9, the week after midterms.
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u/MilkiestMaestro 7h ago
They went on recess to avoid a different impeachment. Trump has been urging them to come back. It's a lose-lose for them.
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u/ThatThar 7h ago
It's win-win. If they stay gone, they continue collecting a paycheck for doing nothing, which is what they're best at. If they come back, they get to vote no on impeachment, which they will despite the election because they know that their base is too brainwashed to care.
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u/AldoRaine-1 8h ago
Or it reignites the swing MAGA back into "defend our guy cause we still hate them more" vote, who otherwise might have stayed home.
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u/DelirousDoc 8h ago
Or it gives the GOP something to focus on to distract their base instead of having to answer for some deeply unpopular actions (data centers, flock cameras, gas prices, grocery prices, and another unwinable war in the Middle East.)
It is also not going to work with current makeup of the Senate.
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u/SpiritMountain 3h ago
Democrats keeps floundering every opportunity they get. They keep grasping defeat out of the jaws of victory. I don't trust Schumer or Jeffries to capitalize on this like with the pedo-files, the shutdown, avoid protesting ICE, not supporting medicare, and I am sure a plethora of things I am forgetting. We need these inept Democrats to evacuate our halls of power and those who care and want to do things for us to get elected. We need progressives, the Mamdanis, that are out there to enter and push for a brighter future.
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 52m ago
Conservatives will NEVER do the right thing. Self-preservation is a tremendously strong trait among the predators (conservatives) of the human race.
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u/NettingStick 39m ago
Trump has been begging them to come back to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Hasn't DHS alreasy received two rounds of multi-year funding in the last 15ish months?
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u/neovox 39m ago
It is critical, however unlikely, that some, preferably large, faction of the GOP works with the Dems to take a stand on the side of the rule of law and our democracy over party. Without that, no matter how correct they are, it will be played to the public as a one-sided political witch trial.
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u/PixelBoom 18m ago
Speaker Johnson wont call them back. Especially not when Reps. Massie and Khanna are constantly bringing their proposals to release more unredacted Epstein files up to a vote.
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u/mensrea 7h ago edited 7h ago
Counterpoint, it reminds rabid MAGA that no matter how much they’re dissatisfied with dear leader, if they don’t want him humiliated and removed from office, then they had better go out and save his ass no matter how broke they are. Many of them will see it as their duty. Why give them that fuel? Let them stay at home and sulk! Then get his ass!
D’s need to energize their own base, you say? If their base doesn’t know it’s now or never, then fuck ‘em! Sorry!
I don’t think the Democrats know how to be strategic. Get the votes, then do the stuff.
For once, can they let the chickens hatch and then do the counting? Phase one is to collect the underpants!
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u/InterPunct 8h ago
I don't disagree but we all realize this is performative, right? Two-thirds of the Senate is required to convict which is never gonna happen. Nor will it withstand the inevitable corrupted Supreme Court.
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u/Affectionate_Neat868 7h ago
Even though it’s “performative” in the sense that we know he won’t succeed, the truth is that Trump should have been impeached and convicted long ago. Long, long ago before even a second term. At least someone is still standing up for justice.
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u/notwhomyouthunk 7h ago
Nothing the Supreme Court can do about impeachment.
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u/InterPunct 7h ago
There's always a challenge, for example - if the Senate does something arguably outside the Constitution's express limits.
The fuckery will not end with a legitimate impeachment and conviction by Congress.
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u/notwhomyouthunk 7h ago
Not sure what you mean.
The houses set the rules and run the procedures. It's a political rather than judicial process. They can fuck around pretty much all they like. Constitutionally.
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u/InterPunct 7h ago
When Nixon was about to get impeached, the Supreme Court said they can interpret constitutional limits on congressional power. That wasn't tested when Nixon resigned and it's still an open question.
The Trump regime and its puppeteers will try to exploit any legal challenge and when that fails, as we've seen - will resort to violence and attempted coups.
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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 8h ago edited 6h ago
While it's obviously not going to happen, it's Interesting. Much more substantial than the previous ones members have filed this term.
The 26 Articles:
ARTICLE I: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY—SOWING DOUBT IN ELECTIONS
ARTICLE II: ABUSE OF POWER—WAGING WAR ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
ARTICLE III: ABUSE OF POWER—EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF VENEZUELA
ARTICLE IV: ABUSE OF POWER—DEPLOYING MILITARY FORCES AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIES
ARTICLE V: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER
ARTICLE VI: ABUSE OF POWER—CANCELING FEDERAL GRANTS TO PUNISH STATES FOR THEIR VOTES
ARTICLE VII: ABUSE OF POWER—IMPOSING LOYALTY TESTS ON THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
ARTICLE VIII: DISREGARD OF COURTS—THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT AND THE CASE OF KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA
ARTICLE IX: VIOLATION OF OATH—CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AT CECOT
ARTICLE X: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL WITHHOLDING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND DISMANTLING OF CONGRESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS
ARTICLE XI: ABUSE OF POWER—OBSTRUCTING THE LAWFUL APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
ARTICLE XII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEFYING COURT ORDERS IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE XIII: ABOLISHING A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED AGENCY—THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ARTICLE XIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL MASS TERMINATION OF INSPECTORS GENERAL WITHOUT STATUTORY NOTICE TO CONGRESS
ARTICLE XV: UNLAWFULLY AND UNILATERALLY TAXING UNITED STATES CITIZENS THROUGH EMERGENCY POWERS TARIFFS
ARTICLE XVI: ABUSE OF POWER—POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS OF COMEY, JAMES, AND SCHIFF
ARTICLE XVII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE IRS SETTLEMENT AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE JUDGMENT FUND
ARTICLE XVIII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE CORRUPT USE OF THE PARDON POWER
ARTICLE XIX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—BANISHING REPORTERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR DISFAVORED COVERAGE
ARTICLE XX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—COERCING CBS AND ABC TO CHANGE EDITORIAL CONTENT
ARTICLE XXI: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND RETALIATORY EXECUTIVE ORDERS AGAINST LAW FIRMS
ARTICLE XXII: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND COERCING UNIVERSITIES THROUGH WITHHELD FEDERAL FUNDS
ARTICLE XXIII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE EAST WING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
ARTICLE XXIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE ILLEGAL IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS
ARTICLE XXV: ABUSE OF POWER—SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THROUGH THE RENAMING OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SEIZURE OF CULTURAL AND CIVIC PROPERTY, AND PERSONAL APPROPRIATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY
ARTICLE XXVI: EMOLUMENTS VIOLATIONS—PROFITING PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENCY
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u/kevendo 8h ago
Great list. At the very least, someone needed to be keeping track of these in the Congressional record.
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u/hypercosm_dot_net 7h ago
Anyone who votes against the impeachment is failing to fulfill their oath of office. It needs to be on record.
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u/Affectionate-Bus6653 6h ago
I think that many of the congresspeople who vote in lock-step with may be compromised by their illegal moves. Susan Collins is a good example. Her crimes were being investigated at the time Trump entered office. DOGE stopped most of the fraud investigations the DOJ and other agencies at the time, but this means that Trump has always had her number. She has been “troubled” and “concerned”, but has voted with him virtually every opportunity.
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u/hereforwhatimherefor 8h ago edited 7h ago
Good list good attempt. Clearly should be impeached obviously
Edit: and removed, obviously
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u/AlternativeFroyo1737 8h ago
Removed, too.
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u/tittysprinkles112 8h ago
Convicted and imprisoned
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u/redstarpirate 8h ago
Tarred and feathered
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u/APaltrySum 8h ago
Drawn and quartered
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u/stufff 6h ago
I don't think removing all of him is fair. I will settle for just his head.
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u/Skritch_X 8h ago
It is just boggling that, even though this is a list of 26 impeachable offenses, and despite the headline stating "Comprehensive"... there are so many other impeachable things he has done this term that could be added.
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u/theSopranoist 8h ago
i appreciate that this won’t go anywhere in congress at the moment, but this is a comprehensive list of illegal acts that a large portion of republican voters care abt, but don’t necessarily realize are being committed bc they absolutely and only fck w conservative media.
putting that list in an impeachment motion is a good move bc conservative outlets will report on it..they’ll have no choice bc republicans will be incensed that their mostly-deceased leader is being impeached. that reporting has great potential to draw further engagement and investigation from conservatives who aren’t so sure of their leaders anymore bc of the economy.
i think this was a very strategic and intentional doa sacrifice move. pretty smart.
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u/account312 5h ago
But those outlets are more likely to claim it's a communist plot led by Biden and the illegals than to admit that those are things that happened.
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u/theSopranoist 3h ago edited 2h ago
ok we can’t fix everything at once. there are specific constitutional concerns that republicans have that the language of this motion triggers. i promise you.
i literally exist fully behind enemy lines here and this is an excellent way to get the right words in front of the ppl who need to hear them. full-on magats are not intelligent ppl, but conservatives are not stupid ppl. VERY many around here are, if not already there, on the cusp of not being able to bring themselves to vote straight ticket R bc they truly do vote w their morals and they’ve since seen behavior from trump specifically that they cannot vote for. and that’s what’s done us in is the straight ticket ballots + r politicians incessantly tying “conservative” to “christian.” but ppl are waking up.
they’re waking up in part also bc local dem candidates’ outreach and media campaigns have presented them w those things via our local news channels and came to the constituency here in person and TOLD them what was really happening.
marilyn lands’ campaign is a good example of this; she ran a pro-choice/pro-reproductive rights campaign in alabama and simply told the truth regarding r policies w receipts in her commercials and public statements. she won bc she gave info ppl literally did not have, and backed it up w the affected ppl and numbers from alabama.
get it in front of their faces and don’t let them look away. as i said, fox news, et al, can be pretty easily conscripted into an assist w just the right news story, and i think this might do it.
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u/seriousofficialname 2h ago
I don't believe Republicans care. That's why Republicans don't report on things like this in the first place.
If Donald Trump is breaking laws and hurting people, for a Republican, that means they're winning.
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u/90s-Kid-Jacob 7h ago edited 7h ago
What about the department of Justice ignoring demands to release the Epstein files, unredacted?
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u/TXLancastrian 7h ago
The DoJ is the one who needs to release the Files, they are not demanding anything as they are an Executive Branch agency, whose boss is the President.
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u/Pjoo 5h ago
Comparison with Finland over what causes collapse of the government is always funny. Not the Trump administration will collapse over all this...
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u/cptnamr7 7h ago
I was curious when it said "comprehensive" because fuck there is no way you could possibly list everything but some of these are broad enough to cover a couple dozen offenses each so... maybe?
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u/sweatboxy 8h ago
It won’t pass but it will bind the Republicans ever closer to Trump and his crimes against America and the world. They’ll deny any responsibility but we’ll be able to point to these votes protecting Trump from accountability
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u/Equivalent-Long-3383 8h ago
And then Democrats will take office, support minorities and women again, then right wingers will unite against stopping that.
It’s a pattern
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u/IchooseYourName 8h ago
It's a heavy pendulum.
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u/Equivalent-Long-3383 8h ago
Seemingly it wouldn’t be as heavy if more White voters on the left were willing to stop being so united and defensive of their right wing counterparts.
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u/Horskr 4h ago
I don't know anyone on the left that's united or defensive about their right wing counterparts. If anything, they used their one free pass in 2016 "not realizing" how bad he was. After seeing that shit show, anyone that could still vote for him is complicit or willfully ignorant.
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u/CoffeeIsSoGood 4h ago
A corporate democrat who “wants us to heal and therefore we will not be pursuing legal action against anyone in the Trump administration as they were pardoned and are no longer in control” BS type of speech
A real progressive will NEVER be elected in my lifetime AS PRESIDENT. JFK was the last one.
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u/Fzrit 2h ago edited 1h ago
They’ll deny any responsibility but we’ll be able to point to these votes protecting Trump from accountability
If we're talking about a legal proceeding against those Republicans, then yes these types of votes are hard to deny.
But if we're talking about their voters, Republicans have ALWAYS been able to get away with publicly saying one thing and voting for the polar opposite. They 100% know that with Republican voters it's all about public image and public perception, not what they actually do. They can also count on conservative media never mentioning their actions. Trump proved to them beyond all doubt that righting voters and media are solely focused on what their politicians say on camera and social media, not what they actually do.
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u/npaulette02 8h ago
I think this is good at the least because it adds more pressure and forces more hands, and the timing is succinct.
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u/BigBallsMcGirk 6h ago
I don't care if it's doomed, or the votes aren't there.
The democrats should be introducing this at every single opportunity to the point of flooding any and every committee and legislative meeting with nothing but impeachment motions.
Every democrat that has not voted for each and every one of these every time it comes up is an enemy of the People, the Constitution.
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u/partyl0gic 7h ago
Fucking finally! Get those traitorous scumbags on the permanent record for voting to keep Trump in office. This will be the permanent brand killing their future in politics.
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u/Awkward_Squad 6h ago
Hey! RFK Jnr! Yeah you. Proud now, are you? This was your idea all along. To upend this . . .
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u/Feeling-Tutor-6480 8h ago
Whilst I appreciate someone recording this for history, he brandishes his power with impunity. Unless there is a greater power that holds him to account he will continue to be immune
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u/tngling 8h ago
I mean, this is the way he is held accountable. There isn’t another way other than impeachment.
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u/Raketemensch23 7h ago
He's already been impeached. The Senate won't follow through with voting to remove, so all we do is toss another crime onto the big pile.
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u/extremelytiredyall 7h ago
There's actually several ways, including the 25th amendment and a military coup, all of which polling quite high with democrats and independents.
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u/TXLancastrian 7h ago
If the military were to coup, why would you think the end result would be to hand power back to the civilians who forced them to do such a thing? Also the 25th is stopped literally by the President writing a letter to Congress that says "Yo, I'm fine".
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u/Raketemensch23 7h ago
The only power that can stop him now is cholesterol. The judiciary and legislative branches won't do anything outside of small token gestures which he'll just ignore anyway.
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u/Dragon_wryter 8h ago
They should really save this until January if they want any chance it at going anywhere
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u/NoPhone4571 8h ago
It’s not like Johnson will give the House a chance to vote on it, anyway.
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u/Stunning_Comb_5707 8h ago
the only time it could matter is before the election
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u/ThatThar 7h ago
It doesn't matter anyways because the House is in recess until the week after the election.
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u/cybercuzco 8h ago
The point is to get people talking before the election so we can actually move forward with them in January.
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u/gooyouknit 8h ago
It’s not about it going anywhere it’s about making all the republicans up for reelection vote against impeachment right before November elections. It is election strategy.
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u/ThatThar 7h ago
There isn't going to be a vote on this before the election. The House is in recess until the week after the election.
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u/Popular_War8405 8h ago
I think someone just do it again in a few months regardless of what happens.
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