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Nadler Makes a Baby Step to “Impeach the Motherfu*ker”
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“There is a tide in the affairs of men …” I’m 73. I can hope to see that what has seemed an intractable standoff turns into a flood that cleanses our aspirationally-great America. Crush that POS.
Every legal expert I’ve seen who has been making the argument about it being necessary to open an impeachment inquiry to bypass executive privilege and access grand jury material seems to think that they don’t need to vote on it formally (on the floor or in committee) and that what they filed still counts as conducting an impeachment inquiry. House Counsel said as much, too.
Are they wrong? I haven’t seen anyone who seems to think so. Keep in mind these are the people who have been saying how important opening an impeachment inquiry is to get this material.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hres430ih/pdf/BILLS-116hres430ih.pdf
We’ve been discussing this at home a bit lately, and the consensus among us is that whether or not the Dem leadership explicitly calls this an impeachment inquiry at this point, for all intents and purposes they’ve begun at last. Could be that we’re getting it wrong as well. And am noticing that more Congressional members are coming out in favor of impeachment. At the moment, there seems to be some momentum.
The way Nadler described the investigation it sure sounds like an inquiry to me. I don’t know why they would have to use the exact word “inquiry” to qualify. So we will see.
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