Impeachment Investigation…Some do Have a Backbone
The question before the country is serious. Are the actions of President Donald J Trump deserving of the ultimate Constitutional remedy? This would be removed from office by the means of impeachment. This discussion is deep and can be divisive. Impeachment, by design, was not supposed to be easy. It was supposed to be hard, but ultimately it is a way to remove a chief executive that has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.
This debate is showing the strains within the Democratic Party. Chairman of the Justice Committee Jerry Nadler (D-NY) announced formally that he started an impeachment inquiry. In fact, it started on March 4 as JustSecurity.Org pointed out:
On March 4, 2019, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced an investigation into “the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by President Trump, his associates, and members of his Administration.
Since then, there has been a national debate going on about whether the committee’s investigation is enough to examine the wrongdoing of President Donald Trump. Is it an impeachment investigation? Is an impeachment inquiry needed? Is a vote needed to begin a formal impeachment proceeding? While the “I” word was not used on March 4, it does not take much imagination to envision what it could lead to if the House Judiciary Committee concludes that Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and/or abuses of power and/or public corruption. Obstruction of justice and abuse of power were the findings of wrongdoing contained in two of the Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon voted by the House Judiciary Committee in July 1974.
The debate has come to an end. We know that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is against impeachment in any form. Why? She learned the wrong lessons from the Bill Clinton impeachment. We know that Clinton was indicted in the House, but the Democratically-controlled Senate did not convict him. The whole matter back then was a shit show and political from the get-go. However, the voters returned I’m to office. She fears the same result as President Trump.
We can argue this is the same situation. However, what Nadler, and others in Judiciary have said, is that this is closer to the Richard Nixon situation…