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He's already been impeached. He wouldn't be indicted. There's so many better things to go over now like the actual cause of the protests.
by HaloZero 6y ago
He's already been impeached. He wouldn't be indicted. There's so many better things to go over now like the actual cause of the protests.
- dehrmann 6y agoHe was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of congress, both pertaining to Ukraine. He can be impeached again on First Amendment charges. > He wouldn't be indicted. A First Amendment violation might be harder for some Republican senators to stand behind. > There's so many better things to go over now like the actual cause of the protests. With Trump threatening military action to break up protests? I think protecting the right to protest could be more important. It's also a clear problem with a clear solution. That doesn't exist for abuse of police power; it's a much more nuanced issue.
- javagram 6y ago> A First Amendment violation might be harder for some Republican senators to stand behind. Not really, as senators their first loyalty is to the voters who elect them. Polls show trump has >80% loyalty from GOP voters, who are the ones who control senators via primary elections. Even a single GOP senator voting against trump in the first trial was a shocking and unexpected result, it’s likely if impeachment was done again the Senate would simply vote to ignore it and not hold a trial (as they have done in the past re: certain judicial impeachments). The only reason the first ‘trial’ was held was to provide political cover for certain moderate senators in their 2020 races.