Congressman Mike Levin answered my email request to impeach the President. I kept my email very short and succinct. Here is what he wrote me back. I had not previously seen his name listed as in favor of impeachment.
“Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts on President Trump. I agree that we must start an impeachment inquiry and I welcome the opportunity to respond.
As your member of Congress, my first priority and most important responsibility is serving the needs of the people of California’s 49th District. In my seven months in office, I have kept my focus on our district and not on the distractions of Washington DC.
However, I cannot ignore the dysfunction, corruption, and abuse of democracy that we witness every day from President Trump. We have the serious crimes revealed in the Mueller Report including multiple examples of obstruction of justice. We have the president’s encouragement of foreign interference with our elections. We have witnessed his contempt for democratic norms and institutions, including his repeated failure to respond to legitimate requests for documents and information making it impossible for Congress to exercise its Constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. As a result, I feel we can no longer wait. I must now support an impeachment inquiry in order to get to the truth for my constituents.
I do not take this decision lightly – quite the opposite. Moreover, given the current political climate, it may prove impossible to impeach the president regardless of what a House inquiry reveals. But it remains my responsibility to do what I can to protect the rule of law and defend the Constitution. I take that responsibility very seriously.
But I take just as seriously my commitment to the people I represent. My focus will remain squarely on the people of the 49th District and on my work in support of our veterans, in protecting our coast and our clean air and water, and on improving the quality of life for everyone I serve.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me on this or any other issue of importance to you in the future. You can reach my Washington, D.C., office at 202-225-3906 and you can sign up for my newsletter on my website at http://mikelevin.house.gov.
Sincerely,
Mike Levin
Member of Congress”
This is the seat that used to held by Darrell Issa, R Vista, CA. I’m so glad my representative has come around to this opinion.
