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Angus Johnston
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Katherine Clark comes out for impeachment. Clark is the sixth highest-ranking Dem in the House leadership, and the fourth House Dem to come out in favor of an impeachment inquiry since yesterday morning.
Clark is the highest ranking Democrat in the leadership group to come out in favor of starting impeachment proceedings.
And the House is in recess for the next six weeks, which means your Congressmember is going to be spending a lot of time in your district. Might be a good idea to pop by and let them know how you feel about impeachment. thehill.com/homenews/house…
Ninety-six House Dems have come out for impeachment. If you're for impeachment, you live in a Dem district, and your rep isn't on this list, let 'em know. cnn.com/2019/05/23/pol…
There are 235 Democrats in the House. Ninety-six have come out for an impeachment inquiry. That means we're 22 reps away from having a majority of the caucus on board.
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Angus Johnston
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I swear this is a sincere question: What did Pelosi mean today when she said that "their advocacy for impeachment only gives me leverage." What leverage? Over whom? To do what? I'm not being snotty, I'm just not understanding the comment.
From reading folks' replies, I'm leaning toward thinking she meant leverage in negotiations with the WH over cooperation with Congressional subpoenas, etc, and/or leverage over the WH in court battles over similar issues.
Not 100% certain, but this would fit pretty well with stuff she's said in the past about wanting to exhaust other tactics before jumping to impeachment.
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Angus Johnston
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On the anniversary of Diane Arbus's death, I'm taking some time to reflect on the intimacy and warmth of her work.
What leaps out at me in Arbus's photographs is a sense of shared humanity, of connection. It's so powerful, and (for me) so powerfully soothing.
(This isn't gonna be a big thread. I just wanted to say that much.)
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Angus Johnston
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He resigned, tho. He dithered for three weeks, as accusations kept piling up, he offered no coherent defense or explanation for his actions, and then he quit. He wasn't "ousted." He quit.
Steve King was denounced by Republican leaders and stripped of his committee assignments 194 days ago. He's still in the House, and I don't see anyone complaining that his due process rights were violated.
It's worth underscoring that the only specific bad act Franken apologized for in 2017 was the only bad act for which his accuser had photographic evidence. For most of the rest, he offered neither explanation nor apology—then or now.
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Ethan Grey
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NEW FROM ME: I have put together a tracker for the House of Representatives and support for an impeachment inquiry. In this thread, I will explain what you can do with this information, which includes committee assignments and electoral information. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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It's time I had my say about #Impeachment, DJT's obstructionistic tactics, and @SpeakerPelosi's not pushing for an inquiry yet.

When AG Barr released the redacted version of the report to Congress, he did *not* include any of the underlying documents on which Mueller relied.

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Just like a lawsuit, a case has to be built based on facts and evidence. Both the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee have been working their way through the system, including voting to hold AG Barr in Contempt of Congress. DJT has been fighting them in court.

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Meanwhile, the Ways and Means Committee has also been working on getting DJT's tax returns. One of the Committees has also been working on getting records subpoenaed from DJT's financial management firm and from Deutche Bank, known for Russian money laundering.

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Oeishik M.G. C. JD
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A note on #impeachment -

In a court of law, under non-presidential circumstances, impeachment is a tool litigation attorneys use to discredit the opposing side's witnesses at trial. When said witness takes the stand under oath attys. present evidence contrary to what the witness
claims. This weakens the other side's case by discrediting impeached witnesses's testimony. Once a witness has been impeached - by presentment of inconsistent testimony - the judge/jury can no longer use the impeached witnesses's testimony in reaching a verdict.
Simply put, they aren't trustworthy. In the case of Presidential impeachment that broad definition of impeachment applies, but the impeachment tool is used for a very different purpose. Under the Constitution, a sitting President cannot be tried in a court of law for anything.
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