And of course no cross examination allowed by Republicans.
LIAR!
You can't stand the light of truth, can you ed. Neither can your Party, which is underneath the swamp water in secrecy, with turds flowing in all directions from DNC headquarters to the lockstep leftist media bionic creatures.
Well, if the lying scum GOP were not allowed to cross examine the witnesses, than the Right are lying when they said that, "
The truth is, in two minutes, John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) destroyed this witness. There is no quid pro quo," Nunes told Fox News host Sean HanNITWITty.
/——/ If Republicans can cross examine why the letter demanding the right to?
On Impeachment Democrats are Sloppy with the Constitution
LOLOL
Really? An opinion piece??
Not only an opinion piece, but one brimming with factual errors...
But formulating the charges does require a favorable vote of the full House — not just a committee. Therein lies the rub.
False. Only the impeachment vote itself requires a full House vote. How they get there is up to the House to decide and there is no such rule "requiring" the full House to vote. Indeed, there have been impeachment inquiries in the past which were initiated without a full House vote
The House Intelligence Committee charged with finding a crime hasn’t yet found bribery, treason or any high crime, — the only impeachable offenses — but it “knows” one exists somewhere.
False. Those are not the only impeachable offenses. Abuse of power, violating the publics' trust; are also impeachable offenses.
Most Americans oppose impeachment.
False. Most Americans not only are in favor of impeachment, most are also in favor of a conviction in the Senate...
Trump impeachment inquiry support grows, Quinnipiac poll finds
Additional authority is housed under past practice which in time effectively adds to the Constitution unless found to conflict with an original part of the document.
False. Authority beyond the brief mention in the Constitution is completely dictated by House rules. Rules which can be changed at any time. Past practice is irrelevant.
Only Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton have been indicted.
False. Indictment requires a full House vote. Richard Nixon resigned prior to that taking place, meaning he was not indicted.
After the vote was taken to form an impeachment inquiry both the chair of the inquiring committee and the ranking member of the opposing party had co-equal subpoena powers to call witnesses subject to a vote of the full committee upon the request of either.
Mixed. It's true the ranking member of the minority party did have subpoena power back then. But it's false to blame the current Congress for that no longer being available since it was the Republican-led Congress who took that option away in 2015...
Dems blast House GOP subpoena rules change
The indicted president’s council participated.
Mixed. That is true, they did. But that was only after the closed investigations, which is what the House is holding now. Both Nixon and Clinton were investigated by Independent Prosecutors/Counsels where the president's attorneys did not participate. In this case, the House is doing their own investigation since the Department of Justice didn't appoint a Special Counsel.
One serious constitutional provision yet remains in our consideration of the attempt to impeach Trump — due process. As Trump’s council recently wrote. “These due process rights are not a matter of discretion for the Committees to dispense with at will. To the contrary, they are constitutional requirements.
False. The impeachment process itself is due process. A lack of due process would be kicking him out of office with no trial. Trump wants more than that. He wants access to witnesses while we're in the investigatory phase. No defendant has that right. This phase is analogous to a Grand Jury hearing which precedes potential indictment. It's closed to the public, and neither the accused nor their attorney is present.
