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The Founders Would Have Impeached Trump for His Ukraine-Related Misconduct

Center for American Progress logoFrom the very first days of our nation, the founders were intent on ensuring that foreign entities did not influence America’s democratic system. They knew that foreign involvement in U.S. elections or policymaking posed an enormous threat to our sovereignty and that a president who would invite foreign interference for his own political benefit would be subject to impeachment. They would have been horrified at President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to help dig up dirt on a potential political rival.

The founders tackled many important issues during our nation’s formative years, but one of the paramount concerns during their debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was their intense concern about foreign interference in American politics. Their concern was animated by the corrupting effects that foreign governments or foreign persons could have on elected officials, including the president. Continue reading “The Founders Would Have Impeached Trump for His Ukraine-Related Misconduct”

‘Start pushing back’: GOP’s Amash unloads on Bill Barr’s ‘false narrative’ in epic tweet storm about the Mueller report and impeachment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) on Tuesday fired off dozens of tweets to support his earlier contention that President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached.

In the flurry of tweets, Amash took aim at Attorney General William Barr for selling a “false narrative” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings.

“Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented key aspects of Mueller’s report and decisions in the investigation, which has helped further the president’s false narrative about the investigation,” Amash wrote. “Mueller’s report says he chose not to decide whether Trump broke the law because there’s an official DoJ opinion that indicting a sitting president is unconstitutional, and because of concerns about impacting the president’s ability to govern and pre-empting possible impeachment.”

View the complete May 28 article by David Edwards from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.

Amash doubles down on Trump and impeachment

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Monday doubled down on his critical remarks of President Trump, detailing in a series of tweets why he thinks the case can be made that Trump should be impeached for obstruction of justice.

“People who say there were no underlying crimes and therefore the president could not have intended to illegally obstruct the investigation—and therefore cannot be impeached—are resting their argument on several falsehoods,” Amash tweeted.

In a series of subsequent tweets, Amash sought to shoot down a number of prominent defenses of the president’s behavior illustrated in special counsel Robert Mueller‘s report.

View the complete May 20 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.