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Richard W. Painter
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Translation:
He’s guilty as heck but DOJ won’t let us indict a sitting president (they think it’s unconstitutional) so we didn’t indict him.
Congress DO YOUR JOB!

A translation of Mueller's legalese, for non-lawyers @CNN cnn.it/2HJcoBq
For the benefit of school kids 4th grade and below, and adults with less than a 4th grade education, Robert Mueller should have been much more explicit today.
“Together now...loud and clear
Give me an I
Give me an M
Give me a 🍑!”
If DOJ is right that the Constitution prohibits indictment of a sitting president before his impeachment and removal, then it is all the more important that Congress use the powers it has under the impeachment clause. The Founders did not intend for any man to be above the law.
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Richard W. Painter
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Bottom line:
DOJ will not charge a sitting president with any crime.
So Mueller could not charge Trump.
This is what the House needs to act.
IMPEACH NOW.

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Based on the Mueller report it is clear that Trump must be impeached.
It will be our job in 2020 to VOTE OUT any representative who won’t impeach and any senator who seeks to block a conviction that is justified by overwhelming evidence.
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The U.S. House needs to open a formal impeachment inquiry now.
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Richard W. Painter
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That’s OUR money and under the Constitution you can’t spend it without consent of Congress.
That would be taxation without representation and we won’t stand for it.
Keep it up and you’ll soon learn what the real Tea Party was all about.
Taxation without representation will not be tolerated in America.
This time we don’t have to throw any tea into Boston Harbor.
The impeachment clause let’s us throw YOU out of office.
OUR money— too much of it — is in that bank account. Checks require two signatures. And no, you can’t just change the name of the payee after you get the second signature.
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