Rep. Just Amash (R-MI) on Saturday took to Twitter to explain why he believes impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump should occur. According to Amash, Attorney General William Barr “deliberately misrepresented [Special Counsel Robert] Mueller’s report” into the alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
The Congressman said he came to the conclusions after reading the entire redacted Mueller report and discussing the case with his staff.
He said that although “high crimes and misdemeanors” are not defined in the reasons for impeachment in the Constitution, “the context implies conduct that violates the public trust.”
Here are my principal conclusions: 1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report. 2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. 3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances. 4. Few members of Congress have read the report.
I offer these conclusions only after having read Mueller’s redacted report carefully and completely, having read or watched pertinent statements and testimony, and having discussed this matter with my staff, who thoroughly reviewed materials and provided me with further analysis.
In comparing Barr’s principal conclusions, congressional testimony, and other statements to Mueller’s report, it is clear that Barr intended to mislead the public about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s analysis and findings.
Barr’s misrepresentations are significant but often subtle, frequently taking the form of sleight-of-hand qualifications or logical fallacies, which he hopes people will not notice.
Under our Constitution, the president “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” While “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” is not defined, the context implies conduct that violates the public trust.
Contrary to Barr’s portrayal, Mueller’s report reveals that President Trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment.
In fact, Mueller’s report identifies multiple examples of conduct satisfying all the elements of obstruction of justice, and undoubtedly any person who is not the president of the United States would be indicted based on such evidence.
Impeachment, which is a special form of indictment, does not even require probable cause that a crime (e.g., obstruction of justice) has been committed; it simply requires a finding that an official has engaged in careless, abusive, corrupt, or otherwise dishonorable conduct.
While impeachment should be undertaken only in extraordinary circumstances, the risk we face in an environment of extreme partisanship is not that Congress will employ it as a remedy too often but rather that Congress will employ it so rarely that it cannot deter misconduct.
Our system of checks and balances relies on each branch’s jealously guarding its powers and upholding its duties under our Constitution. When loyalty to a political party or to an individual trumps loyalty to the Constitution, the Rule of Law—the foundation of liberty—crumbles.
We’ve witnessed members of Congress from both parties shift their views 180 degrees—on the importance of character, on the principles of obstruction of justice—depending on whether they’re discussing Bill Clinton or Donald Trump.
Few members of Congress even read Mueller’s report; their minds were made up based on partisan affiliation—and it showed, with representatives and senators from both parties issuing definitive statements on the 448-page report’s conclusions within just hours of its release.
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Justin….is the money that good?
Justin’s reason #5. Trump is messing with the Amash brother’s Chinese tool manufacturing company, Michigan Industrial Tools (which he claims are made in the USA). They import them under the name Tekton tools. Crooked piece of shit
cheeky fucking bastard
1) IF there was NO collusion with RUSSIA (which is NOT a crime*), then there CAN be NO obstruction of justice.
*”Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in July 2018 said, ‘I have been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. Collusion is not a crime.’”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-collusion-explainer/explainer-in-trump-russia-probe-when-does-collusion-become-a-crime-idUSKCN1QJ0AL
[Since it’s from Reuters (and on the interwebs), it HAS to be true.]
2) Hold the “any person who is not the president” crap due to all the other crooks (HRC/BHO, etc) who continue to live it up after selling us out.
Where was Amash when the 0’bama and hillary criminal activities were going on and taking place? I wonder how and who got to Amash?
He has Mitt behind him…
Just another Rhino, wonder what he’s hiding?
Look at me! Look at me! Another RINO backstabbing POS. This wimp was going to be primaried before this happened. Can’t wait to hear what name Trump will christen him with.
Fuck this faggot.
The trust in government and the media is finished.
What gets me is the bubble people underestimate the millions of people who are on to them.
It’s my personal opinion that many of your “Bubble People” are loyal to the system simply because they’re financially beholden to it. If or when a financial reset happens I hope I witness a sharp change in attitude.
He writes:
Here are my principal conclusions: … 4. Few members of Congress have read the report.
I offer these conclusions …
Just what exactly does number 4 above have to do with reasons for impeachment?
Just how stupid is this person?
If Barr actually proceeds with prosecution of any of the parties behind the attempted coup, then won’t the entire Mueller report have a special place in the dustbin of history as being a $30 million “fruit of the poisoned tree”?
A Republican Is Calling For Trump’s Impeachment. Here’s Why:
What a douche. There are plenty of reasons to vote trump out of office, but I’ve yet to see a legitimate reason to impeach him, least of all this stupid russia nonsense. Unless we are going to go after him for our illegal wars he has continued, and the illegal giving of US tax dollars to a country that didn’t sign the nuclear non proliferation act, then maybe we can round up the last few presidents and congress and charge them as well.