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Does impeachment require criminal behavior? In a word, “No”
"There is also evidence closer in time to the drafting of the Constitution which indicates that behavior supporting articles of impeachment—i.e., “high crimes and misdemeanors”—need not be crimes. In Federalist 65, Alexander Hamilton famously wrote that the subjects of the Senate’s impeachment jurisdiction “are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixg...hment-require-criminal-behavior-in-a-word-no/
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article230483449.html
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The act of insurrection on Jan. 6 by the Trump inspired mob has rightly garnered a huge amount of attention. Yet, there was a precursor representing its own justification for removal from office.
Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Inquiry
ATLANTA — Prosecutors in Georgia appear increasingly likely to open a criminal investigation of President Trump over his attempts to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 election, an inquiry into offenses that would be beyond his federal pardon power.
The new Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is already weighing whether to proceed, and among the options she is considering is the hiring of a special assistant from outside to oversee the investigation, according to people familiar with her office’s deliberations.
At the same time, David Worley, the lone Democrat on Georgia’s five-member election board, said this week that he would ask the board to make a referral to the Fulton County district attorney by next month. Among the matters he will ask prosecutors to investigate is a phone call Mr. Trump made in which he pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn the state’s election results.
Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Inquiry
“are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
If the hugely consequential act of lying to the public about the result of the election is not a violation of the public trust what is?
"There is also evidence closer in time to the drafting of the Constitution which indicates that behavior supporting articles of impeachment—i.e., “high crimes and misdemeanors”—need not be crimes. In Federalist 65, Alexander Hamilton famously wrote that the subjects of the Senate’s impeachment jurisdiction “are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixg...hment-require-criminal-behavior-in-a-word-no/
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article230483449.html
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The act of insurrection on Jan. 6 by the Trump inspired mob has rightly garnered a huge amount of attention. Yet, there was a precursor representing its own justification for removal from office.
Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Inquiry
ATLANTA — Prosecutors in Georgia appear increasingly likely to open a criminal investigation of President Trump over his attempts to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 election, an inquiry into offenses that would be beyond his federal pardon power.
The new Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is already weighing whether to proceed, and among the options she is considering is the hiring of a special assistant from outside to oversee the investigation, according to people familiar with her office’s deliberations.
At the same time, David Worley, the lone Democrat on Georgia’s five-member election board, said this week that he would ask the board to make a referral to the Fulton County district attorney by next month. Among the matters he will ask prosecutors to investigate is a phone call Mr. Trump made in which he pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn the state’s election results.
Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Inquiry
“are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
If the hugely consequential act of lying to the public about the result of the election is not a violation of the public trust what is?