Impeachment! It’s What’s for Breakfast.
And Lunch. And Dinner.
I listened to the Watergate/ Nixon US House hearings on the radio in high school.
I listened to the Clinton impeachment trial in the Senate on the radio at my job.
I would have been happy to never see another Presidential impeachment as long as I lived.
Then Donald J Trump became President of the country I love.
If Donnie Duncecap had learned anything from the Mueller investigation, he would have just kept his nose clean until the 2020 elections.
But “Do-Me-A-Favor” Donnie is not capable of learning.
And here we are.
SO, let’s brush up, shall we?
Richard M Nixon- Subverted our Electoral System
Partial text of the Articles of Impeachment adopted by the House Judiciary Committee on July 27, 1974.
There were three Articles of Impeachment. The first deals with obstruction of justice, the second with the constitutional rights of citizens, and the third with abuse of power.
Note: The articles of impeachment were passed only by the Committee on the Judiciary. They were never voted on in the full House of Representatives. Nixon was not impeached.
ARTICLE 1 [of 3]
...In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States ... has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice...:
The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:
- making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
- withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
- approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;
- interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees;
- approving, condoning, and acquiescing in, the surreptitious payment of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such unlawful entry and other illegal activities;
- endeavoring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States;
- disseminating information received from officers of the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability;
- making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
- endeavoring to cause prospective defendants, and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favored treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony. watergate.info/…
Article II charged Nixon with abuse of power.
Article III charged Nixon with contempt of congress.
William J Clinton- Lied about Sex
The House Judiciary Committee Republicans proposed four articles of impeachment against President William Jefferson Clinton. Here is the final version of Article I, preceded by the Impeachment Resolution. On December 11, 1998, the House Judiciary Committee voted 21-16 to approve this Article, and recommend the impeachment of President Clinton.
Article I [of 4]
...On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth before a Federal grand jury of the United States. Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury concerning one or more of the following:
(1) the nature and details of his relationship with a subordinate Government employee;
(2) prior perjurious, false and misleading testimony he gave in a Federal civil rights action brought against him;
(3) prior false and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to make to a Federal judge in that civil rights action; and
(4) his corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in that civil rights action.
In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States...
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/…
Article II [Lied about sex]
Article III [Lied about sex]
Article IV [Lied about sex]
Newt couldn’t see the difference between these two circumstances.
Do you? Yes, so did the rest of America.
Come back this evening for a look at Trump’s potential impeachment