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1 lie about sex with an intern was enough for Republicans to impeach William Jefferson Clinton.

Over 9000 documented lies about national security, financial crimes, election fraud, emoluments violations, and foreign influence should be enough for Democrats to impeach Donald John Trump.

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All countries are great and exceptional. The U.S.A. is just the loudest.

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Neither, because Schiff has just been lying for the last 22 months about what he saw or had.

So no, it wouldn't be obstruction of Justice.

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So he’s a dictator because the anointed one didn’t win?

He's a dictator in the making, given his actions.

A president who shuts down government in order to get his way on a controversial issue, such as building a wall along the border with Mexico, offering to reopen it as a concession when his opponents give in, is not protecting the means of democracy. He is treating the government of the United States as a bargaining chip. He is asserting power by any means possible. This is the method of a dictator. A president who claims he has an absolute right to order the military to take actions in the US that are the subject of intense political debate, and do so without congressional approval, is not acting as the head of government of a democracy; he is assuming the role of a dictator. A president who spouts lies during a primetime national television address over what he terms an “undeniable crisis” at the southern US border, which is in fact no crisis at all, is not protecting democracy. He is using whatever means available to him to preserve and build his base of power.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/10/trump-government-shutdown-democracy-power-dictatorship

You Hillary people are so funny.

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not even American. Hillary was the flipside of the coin and the Dems will continue to be as irrelevant and centerist as ever until the likes of AOC and other visionaries rise up through the ranks.

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Seems to me the democrats want to spend a lot of money on idiosyncratic vainglorious naval-gazing.

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What does Make America Great Again mean, Trump supporters?

The overall vision of a the country is lacking in its former greatness, Thus MAGA!

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Thats really sad that you think that is how to make America great again. I certainly don’t.

That's rather disingenuous of you. I said that's what MAGA sounds like to me. I certainly don't want it to be the case.

It just comes across as a strange and meaningless slogan, like something people would chant at a game.

But that's the problem with many American voters - everything seems to be framed in the context of sport - games, teams, sides etc.

As long as their "side" wins, it doesn't matter on what basis.

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The Democrats should concentrate fully on a costed and creditable policy platform.

The current 2016 policy platform is due for a update 2020 Democratic National Convention.

The 2020 presidential election is just 18 months away.

Unless there is political unity within the party, an impeachment process would be an asinine and illogical undertaking, would enquire the support of 20 republican representatives in the Senate, and divert valuable media campaigning resources away from leading and setting the 2020 presidential election political agenda.

Focus on winning 2020 presidential election...

Democratic Party Platform.......

https://democrats.org/about/party-platform/

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I'm curious. What is it you want? Did you want Hillary? Are you just so angry she didn’t win? Or are you just angry that Trump won?

I’m just observing. Trump is incompetent and his handlers saved him from his incompetence. That seems a reasonable observation given what we now know.

It’s very childish to throw your toys out of the cot because someone makes a reasonable but unflattering observation about politicians you like.

He is pretty good at trolling on Twitter though. I think that’s a reasonable observation too.

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@Serrano

I agree that impeaching Trump would be a tactical error.

Focusing on the incompetent manner Trump went about his business would be very useful. Arguing that Trump came out of this looking like a competent man is as delusional as his crackpot conspiracy theories.

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Isn’t it obstruction of justice if Schiff has seen documents that show collusion but he didn’t give them to Mueller?

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The overall vision of a the country is lacking in its former greatness, Thus MAGA!

Thank you. What is the overall vision of the US and what, specifically, defined its "greatness"?

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Oh for pity's sake! When will you Democrats grow up!

When Trump and the Republicans do? Fair?

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Trump's gambit is being unveiled, as stated by Rudy Giuliani, who said there was nothing wrong with accepting information from the Russians. That is, Trump is saying there was no collusion, but accepting help from a foreign adversary who has hacked American databases is totally okay.

Is it totally okay? My opinion is that it is not. The Democrat's conundrum is, if not impeached, Trump's behavior could be normalized, yet there is neither no clear path nor time for impeachment.

Shun him. Present the evidence, explain how Trump and his team facilitated and took advantage of it, and let the American people choose next year whether they deem such behavior appropriate.

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Isn’t it obstruction of justice if Schiff has seen documents that show collusion but he didn’t give them to Mueller?

You obviously have zero understand of how obstruction of justice occurs.

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Trump is an incompetent loudmouth. His staff saved him from himself. Trump supporters must be breathing a sigh of relief that there were some grown-ups in the room who stopped him trying to eat his toys.

Those who think this childish Twitter troll is fit to lead have very low standards.

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After TWO years of this MSM barrage and you don’t feel like you’ve been used?

Sigh.

You are consistent. I’ll give you that.

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Half of the population responds to appeals to emotion, the other half to appeals to reason.

I think I know which half the Dems are in

Very silly partisan nonsense. There are rabid people on both sides.

I remember a Trump supporter here arguing that Trump is dignified. Another argued his knowledge was comparable to Einstein. Many have tried to justify his barefaced lies and crackpot conspiracy nonsense.

Not much reason there. At the same level as those who compare him to Hitler.

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Democrats should concentrate on finding a candidate who isn't a geriatric and who can propose sensible ideas and beat Trump in the next election. Trying to impeach Trump would allow him to whine about being victimised and unfairly treated etc.

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Isn’t it obstruction of justice if Schiff has seen documents that show collusion but he didn’t give them to Mueller?

Did he have documents or see documents?

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Unless he isn’t lying and really has something he didn’t give to Mueller.

If you wanna go around in circles go ahead. If he wasn't lying, and the documents weren't requested... Then no, it isn't obstruction of Justice. If he saw documents, then no. If he had documents that proved it, and they were requested and not provided, then maybe. Were the documents requested? Do you know if the documents were requested?

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seeing that his poll numbers are still consistent

Consistently poor.

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I would say business savvy and shrewd which is to his benefit.

If Trump's business savvy then why did he lose money attempting to be a business person instead of just sitting on the property he inherited?

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"I don't think his people are fair," Giuliani said of Mueller's team. "I don't think that report is fair."

Get rid of the redactions, so.

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Trump is obviously corrupt, even his fans will agree with that.

Some people want to hold him accountable, some want him to walk free. That's the debate.

I think some people have had so much sand kicked on their face that they will turn to anyone for hope. They know Trunp uses them, but it's better than being ignored as they always have been.

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I'm for impeachment if there is an absolute win.

If not, I'd let his presidency run its course, which will be over soon. He's pretty much a lame duck president, already. His bipolar, but mostly insane, twitterverse should get loads of lies and ridiculousness on even a higher level and his golf schedule should increase. I have little doubt, after the exposure of his unhinged behavior from many, but the most credible being the Mueller report, his reign of terror is over.

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His bipolar, but mostly insane, twitterverse should get loads of lies and ridiculousness on even a higher level and his golf schedule should increase. I have little doubt, after the exposure of his unhinged behavior from many, but the most credible being the Mueller report, his reign of terror is over.

What's most disturbing is the support for him. Whether he is sane or not. But then, history has shown that these populist leaders thrive on the cult of personality, display narcissistic tendencies and seek absolute power.

They also tend to get triggered by criticism or perceived popularity issues (poll ratings, numbers etc).

Dictators will have their fans, I suppose

https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/trump-supporter-never-in-my-life-did-i-want-a-dictator-until-trump-was-elected-4gumxD99AEyQwfcE9Qj_Yw/

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"Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."

Get rid of the redactions so we can prevent the Russians and corrupt politicians from doing this again.

Impeachment? It ain't gonna with Trump's Republican stooges in control of the Senate. But the public should learn about what's in the Mueller report, especially where Putin and the Russians are concerned. Just like that old story, somebody sold their soul to the devil to get what they wanted.

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@Bass

I agree with the nonsense of the Hitler comparisons. Just hysterical partisanship. I can remember an unhinged partisan on here who compared Bernie Sanders to Stalin.

Can you imagine the level of ignorance and crazed partisanship that requires?

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Top Democrats leave open option of Trump impeachment after Mueller report

Leave open? What? Right...waiting for the right moment it can do the most damage! Closer to the start of the primaries!

Do your elected jobs! If an impeachment trial is justified then do it, dont talk about it!

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"Impeachment is likely to be unsuccessful," Rep.Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC's "This Week," before adding: "It may be that we undertake an impeachment nonetheless."

time waster. He supposedly saw evidence of collusion where is it?

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The Democrats will do anything to destroy America. Trump is the right man for POTUS! The Democrats are revealing how sleazy and back-stabbing they really are using the weak media as their agenda puppets. Pelosi, Schumer, Hillary, Nadler? Who the hell cares what these people think? Funny how those four people are filthy rich and corrupt, but only complain how filthy and corrupt Trump is! They are horrible ring leaders for their party. Move on, Make America Great Again!

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Isn’t it obstruction of justice if Schiff has seen documents that show collusion but he didn’t give them to Mueller?

Were such documents requested?

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5 downvotes (and counting) but nobody is able to explain what the mantra actually means.

What does Make America Great Again mean, Trump supporters?

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I agree with the nonsense of the Hitler comparisons. Just hysterical partisanship. I can remember an unhinged partisan on here who compared Bernie Sanders to Stalin.

But it happens, people say worse about Trump.

Yes, there are rabid partisans on both sides. I’m sure as a non-partisan, you have no time for those who compare Trump to Hitler and Sanders to Stalin.

I remember another poster who actually changed his history due to rising partisanship. He told us he voted for Bill Clinton, and then told us later he had never, and would never, vote for a Democrat. Crazed partisanship!

I’m glad you are here to put a lid on stupid generalizations and untruths.

Keep doing what you do!

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Deapite the repugnant republicans in the senate that wouldn't even put it to trial, impeachment would be another black eye on this flaming clown car of a president.

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What’s great about the MAGA concept is that it can mean something different to each and every person and it’s about the USA and it’s people.

Compare that to “I’m with her” where the focus is only on one person and it only has one meaning and excludes ME.

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Tulsi Gabbard is right: it's time to move on from this.

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Lindsey Graham

This guy should never be brought into any discussion. He is evil.

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Liberals still aren’t tired of the “(something), if proven, (something else)” narrative.

Gave you 2 years, a team of 18 lawyers and 30 million dollars and you still giving me the same “ifs” as when you started.

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God, this is going to fail sooooo badly.

Nadler, do it, pleaseeese! It all helps Trump. ROFL!

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I’m glad you are here to put a lid on stupid generalizations and untruths. 

Keep doing what you do!

When I see it I call it, always! Kudos.

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do it Dems! I dare you.

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unhinged behavior

What a laugh. No more rockets from North Korea flying over your head.

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Well Muller's witch-hunt didn't work!! therefore, if building a vibrant economy is a crime then impeach! if rebuilding our military is a crime then impeach, if creating jobs is a crime then impeach. It's a shame if people have eyes but don't use them.

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Top Democrats are insane and in denial.

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A tip, don’t try to present them with the facts, it only confuses them, they have only one train of thought;

Half of the population responds to appeals to emotion, the other half to appeals to reason.

I think I know which half the Dems are in.

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@Fizbit

Yeah but very folksy and popular, a Smiling Assassin in affable clothes, their type are the most dangerous.

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But it does in my code book

But not in mine.

So if it happened to you, say you are owned $100,000 or lose your home because you didn't make the monthly payment. Then that is acceptable to you because "happens".

I don’t know, don’t have money like Trump or Gates, so I can’t put myself in that situation

 I don’t think what he did was nearly as bad.

An individual or companies ripping someone off is worse that your claims about the government ripping you off for years.

I don’t believe so, that’s my opinion.

No American bank will lend Trump money and needs to go to Germany to find it. The land of his father he says.

I don’t know that and you don’t know that and I’d you do think you know it, show us proof.

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Neither, because Schiff has just been lying for the last 22 months about what he saw or had.

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Oh for pity's sake! When will you Democrats grow up!

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until the likes of AOC and other visionaries rise up through the ranks.

Oh My God.

Ralph Nader rose up and stood for President and the Dems did everything possible to destroy him, more than the Reps. And Ralph was sensible, not like that crazy rich girl.

This morning is turning into a laugh fest. So you hate Trump but you can’t see that your rich girl is a huge fraud?

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Top Democrats leave open option of Trump impeachment after Mueller report

Said the fleas to the dog.

@Toasted Heretic

5 downvotes (and counting) but nobody is able to explain what the mantra actually means. What does Make America Great Again mean, Trump supporters?

Could it be that no one cares about your question?

His legacy deserves no less than impeachment

Economic growth? Low minority unemployment? Deregulation with consequent business confidence?

Impeachment? Nay, Rushmore.

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@ Anoymous

A tip, don’t try to present them with the facts, it only confuses them, they have only one train of thought;

“Orange man bad”

Trump 20/20

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Even if the Democrat House impeaches him, the Senate will never remove him.

Those who think this childish Twitter troll is fit to lead have very low standards

Those who think the president should be impeached and removed from office are in denial.

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There is no hope of an impeachment getting through, just the Democrats showing how desperate they are to win anything against Trump - Seeing a 2020 win by Trump the betting at Ladbrokes has now dropped to $2.25 from $2.63 only a month ago.

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Lindsey Graham in an interview stated that they should appoint a Special Counsel headed by someone similar to Mueller, I would propose trey gowdy, Hillary escaped Gowdy by the skin of her teeth last time but maybe not this time, It’s Gowdy time.......

Fun fact

2017, Mueller interviewed with President Trump to again serve as the Director of the FBI, he was denied, let’s hope there was no bias on Mueller’s behalf..............Ummmmm....

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Calling Albert Einstein “good” in physics. Thanks, you just took my morning laugh into the afternoon. E=mc2

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My understanding was that Trump was handling around 500 companies and they decided to bankrupt 5 as they weren’t making enough money so they were liquidated,, Trump cannot circumvent the law and would have fulfilled his legal obligations, major creditors are paid first and if any money left goes to the rest, so would anyone expect Trump to pay from his own pocket, of course not. Morally right, not sure, legally right, you bet.

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Trump dealt with the Deutsche bank. No law against that.

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That's why God invented Google,

do your own searches instead of getting me working for you. You are one introducing Trump's savvy business skills even if false.

Deutsche Bank and $2 billion Trump loans

http://www.canirank.com/blog/analysis-of-political-bias-in-internet-search-engine-results/

Like I said, you can believe that, I don’t.

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Make America Great Again!

What does this mean, exactly?

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What’s great about the MAGA concept is that it can mean something different to each and every person and it’s about the USA and it’s people.

I guess.

To me, it sounds like a rallying call for the far right. A dog whistle, a modern day fascist slogan, an overturning of civil rights. A hankering after the times when women, gays and "minorities" knew their place and you could freely abuse someone without worrying about consequences.

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Thats really sad that you think that is how to make America great again. I certainly don’t.

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"Obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable," Nadler said

It wasn't proven, Nadler! Because it didn't happen, Idiot!

Oh for pity's sake! When will you Democrats grow up!

With the exception of Tulsi Gabbard, all the Dems running for president are like a bunch of children.

Hillary LOST! Get over it! Jeez...

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They can only talk tough because a number of their dem friends will be getting investigated. Dems will need Costco's jumbo pack of toilet paper because their poopy pants never ends.

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It's staggering to think about how dead and irrelevant the GOP would be without Trump. They'd be as bad as the Dems are now.

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The Democrats are completely insane. They are so obsessed with this man, it’s obvious what they are trying to do, they know they can’t do anything to the President, they all know it, but if they can continue to drag his name through the mud maybe people will get tired of him or so that’s the plan, it failed for the Republicans in 1998 and it’s failing for the Democrats and seeing that his poll numbers are still consistent it means their tactics are not putting a dent on this President. Keep trying, keep trying...lol

You are consistent. I’ll give you that.

You guys as well.

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I remember a Trump supporter here arguing that Trump is dignified.

Compared to Nadler, yes.

Another argued his knowledge was comparable to Einstein.

I would say business savvy and shrewd which is to his benefit.

Many have tried to justify his barefaced lies and crackpot conspiracy nonsense. 

Liberals do the same in justifying the lies of Democrats and the idiots on CNN.

Not much reason there. At the same level as those who compare him to Hitler.

Which is just the stupidest thing. When Brown shirts are walking the streets and Democrats are herded into camps and wiped out and publicly says, we need to cleanse the country of every single minority, I’ll be the first one to throw in the towel on this President.

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If Trump's business savvy then why did he lose money attempting to be a business person instead of just sitting on the property he inherited?

Why should he, he can do whatever he wants to do with his money. In America socialist will understand that, if you work you win some you lose some that’s the whole thing about being independent businessman, he lost a lot of money but gained back each time.

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But never paid the creditors of his bankrupt six companies which runes into millions.

Not good, but has nothing to do with him being successful or not, if he didn’t pay his creditors which I don’t believe all of that, then that’s between him and them.

Contractors and other workers who also need to feed their families and pay their debts.

Happens.

No consciousness from Trump who basically didn't care about ripping people off. That is acceptable to his fan base?

Never said it was, but our government has been ripping us off since I can remember, so from that perspective, I don’t think what he did was nearly as bad.

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then your code standards are lower than my own.

I think the opposite.

We do know that because the info is available forcing him to ask German banks.

So where is the proof? Do you have indisputable and or irrefutable proof?

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Top congressional Democrats left the door open on Sunday to the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, but said they would first need to complete their own investigations into whether he obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

At least Dems have given up on the Russia collusion delusion. The next delusion is the obstruction of justice delusion - you know - of the collusion crime that Mueller says never happened. It will be interesting to see how the Left reacts as more evidence of corruption in the FBI and DOJ come out.

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That's why God invented Google

Well that settles it. If the Internet says Trump is guilty of taking illegal loans from a German multinational bank - you can take that - to the bank. Its the same source that proved Obama was born in Kenya. The Internet can not be questioned.

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Unless he isn’t lying and really has something he didn’t give to Mueller.

lets FBI raid his house at 6am and find out.

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nice way to conveniently edit the next sentence.

Rudolph Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer and a former federal prosecutor, said there’s nothing wrong with a U.S. presidential candidate taking information from Russian sources. “It depends on where it came from,” Giuliani told moderator Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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Trump is an incompetent loudmouth. His staff saved him from himself. Trump supporters must be breathing a sigh of relief that there were some grown-ups in the room who stopped him trying to eat his toys. 

Those who think this childish Twitter troll is fit to lead have very low standards.

That’s a good idea. Go to warp speed, and change the topic to fit your narrative. And never forget to denigrate!

I'm curious. What is it you want? Did you want Hillary? Are you just so angry she didn’t win? Or are you just angry that Trump won?

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especially where Putin and the Russians are concerned

Yep, keep the snowball rolling, because another country can actually decided who becomes the leader of another country. Oh wait, I thought the US were the professionals in choosing the leader of another country. Well, Hillary (we saw, we came, he died) Clinton is anyway. How’s that Libya thing working so far? Last I read was slavery was reintroduced. So much forward thinking! What to do? What to do?

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That seems a reasonable observation given what we now know.

Exactly. What you know. Just how many lies, untruths, and the constant spinning do you need?

After TWO years of this MSM barrage and you don’t feel like you’ve been used?

Invaled CSRF

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Consistently poor.

Not that bad considering the witch hunt roller coaster he was on, which is fantastic and not good for Democrats at all.

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I agree with the nonsense of the Hitler comparisons. Just hysterical partisanship. I can remember an unhinged partisan on here who compared Bernie Sanders to Stalin.

But it happens, people say worse about Trump.

Can you imagine the level of ignorance and crazed partisanship that requires?

This is why, I’m always suspicious about liberals.

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Impeachment for what exactly, being cleared of collusion maybe, the Democrats are unhinged.

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"America" (the United States of) is portray as exceptionally the best, or the worst ever. Both are true and false, but both extremes stink as a political device. It is the worst and best of times. Revolution is in the air, so is the "Tokyo Rose" psycho-babel from the Establishment Party and establishment media for Sanders to "surrender."

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https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/trump-supporter-never-in-my-life-did-i-want-a-dictator-until-trump-was-elected-4gumxD99AEyQwfcE9Qj_Yw/

Talk about unhinged behavior? She’s got crazy eyes. Calling Trump a dictator? Do you agree with her assessment? Last time I checked, Trump won an election. So he’s a dictator because the anointed one didn’t win? You Hillary people are so funny.

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