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I am not a Harvard law professor, but I had previously noted, I think last week, that to date, from what is available in the media, there is nothing on Mr. Trump that was warrant indictment, much less impeachment proceedings.
Nixon? As it turned out, impeachment would have been necessary, based on his clear obstruction of justice.
Clinton? Impeached for said obstruction, but, to my mind, a rather petty political stunt by the Republicans. If one went by the standards then set, the bar for such proceedings was set pretty low. I do not believe in setting low bars.
Trump? One, I do not believe that the impeachment process should be for any high crimes and misdemeanors that may have occurred prior to election. If Mr. Trump 'colluded' with the Russians concerning the release of the Wikileaks emails and such, I would not consider that 'treason'. Dirty politics? Yes, but not treason.
Two: obstruction of justice by Mr. Trump since January 20th: well, the jury is still out. Let Mr. Mueller proceed with his investigation.
Those that claim that the evidence is 'clear' that Mr. Trump should be impeached, or that he should not be impeached, are probably proceeding from bias, and wishful thinking.
I am not a Harvard law professor, but I had previously noted, I think last week, that to date, from what is available in the media, there is nothing on Mr. Trump that was warrant indictment, much less impeachment proceedings.
Nixon? As it turned out, impeachment would have been necessary, based on his clear obstruction of justice.
Clinton? Impeached for said obstruction, but, to my mind, a rather petty political stunt by the Republicans. If one went by the standards then set, the bar for such proceedings was set pretty low. I do not believe in setting low bars.
Clinton was impeached for perjury. People seem to forget that is what he was impeached for. Far too many in government or with the proper contacts in government get away with this.
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Trump? One, I do not believe that the impeachment process should be for any high crimes and misdemeanors that may have occurred prior to election. If Mr. Trump 'colluded' with the Russians concerning the release of the Wikileaks emails and such, I would not consider that 'treason'. Dirty politics? Yes, but not treason.
Two: obstruction of justice by Mr. Trump since January 20th: well, the jury is still out. Let Mr. Mueller proceed with his investigation.
Those that claim that the evidence is 'clear' that Mr. Trump should be impeached, or that he should not be impeached, are probably proceeding from bias, and wishful thinking.
If Trump had wanted Hillary's emails he could have got them from any number of basement computers.
Comey pretty much admitted he was keep a dossier on everybody he dealt with as FBI director when he pulled out his "notes" on his discussions with Trump or whoever it was.
Does anybody remember J Edgar Hoover, and how he was blackmailing everyone in government with information the FBI had on all of them.
Do we really want an FBI director that does that? He obviously had a lot of info that he told us about on Hillary before he gave her a pass. Did he have more and he gave her a pass, because he would have her under his thumb, if she got elected? This could be the reason he did what he did before the election.
Clinton was impeached for perjury. People seem to forget that is what he was impeached for. Far too many in government or with the proper contacts in government get away with this.
If Trump had wanted Hillary's emails he could have got them from any number of basement computers.
I am well aware that Mr. Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice. He lied about having an affair with Ms. Monica.
As I said, a low bar indeed. Nothing to do with governing the country. And, he was acquitted by the Senate.
Or, the charges were not proven during the Senate trial.
However, if that is the bar you wish to set, we shall remember such in future.
Whether or not his intentions were good, many from all political viewpoints have said Comey should be fired.
Politicians say a lot of things, firing an FBI director is historical and should be based on sound reasoning and specific facts.
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