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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you think another "impeachable offense" will happen between now and Election Day?
Will there be another huge bombshell that shows the criminality and cover-up of Donald Trump?
After the Senate acquits him, how long before another scandal hits the news?
If nothing else, Donald Trump is a criminal. It is in his DNA. He cannot stop. He would not stop, even if he could.
So, it's just a matter of time until we are talking about impeachment again. Some people will pretend they never had any idea their president would do such a thing. Some may even feign regret for voting to acquit. Especially if it is just before the election.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)Including starting a wag-the-dog war on false premises.
dchill
(38,561 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)but if the current economy falters, that will be his first act.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,811 posts)Trump is a setial offender when ot comes to abuses like this.
at140
(6,110 posts)I see little chance of conviction and removal before that, regardless of multiple impeachments.
Retrograde
(10,164 posts)Say I rob a bank, am caught, tried, and acquitted. The next week when I rob another bank I can't use the excuse "but I've already been acquitted of bank robbery" at my new trial (unless Giuliani's my lawyer ). So even if the Senate acquits the Orange One of pressuring Ukraine, the House can still impeach him again for pressuring, say, Venezuela or where ever (I'd be surprised if heasn't pulled the "Nice country you got here, shame if anything would happen to it" line with other world leaders).
But I think there are a lot more shady things he's done or is currently doing. And I really want to see Ivanka in front of a Congressional committee explaining just what it is she does to justify her position (we all can dream, can't we?)
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)He has no respect for the law, the US Constitution, for Congress, for the Judiciary. Hell, he doesn't even have respect for his own children let alone the rest of the world.
2naSalit
(86,840 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)be absolutely shocking, even to us😳. I take it you mean something worse than this Ukraine mess, I would bet everything on it.
forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,862 posts)some journalist research and write down every single thing that the Repubs have shoved thru, hiding behind the distraction of Trump. It has to be in the thousands by now. The Repubs have very successfully used Trump as an hourly and daily distraction to divert attention (esp the media's attention) away from all the corrupt atrocities they are committing out of sight.............
rzemanfl
(29,573 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)Like others have said, he is committing criminal and impeachable acts all the time.
Funtatlaguy
(10,890 posts)Silent3
(15,324 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)Maeve
(42,297 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)So I'll go with does the bear shit in the woods?
malaise
(269,219 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)Maeve and I are both Irish so it sort of comes naturally. I may be in recovery from the church, but terms like that stay with you. Er, the indoctrination.
CousinIT
(9,264 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)...before the weekly picture thread hits 100 likes (it's at 85)
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Jury tampering.
genxlib
(5,544 posts)Will we find out about them? Doubtful.
The ultimate outcome of this will be to embolden the lawlessness and encourage the hiding. Screw the press, the subpoenas, the whistle blowers, the independent judiciary, the justice department, etc.
We will get screwed 10 ways to Sunday and will never even find out how.
Turbineguy
(37,374 posts)every day.
CanonRay
(14,121 posts)Trump is corrupt and so is his family.
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)EndlessWire
(6,573 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)And everyday thereafter.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)dalton99a
(81,636 posts)Historic NY
(37,454 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)33taw
(2,448 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,050 posts)If he is not removed, he will realize that he really CAN shoot somebody on 5th Ave. and the Senate Republicans will not even protest.
Between unhinged tweetstorms, he will go on an insane Executive Order spree that will be stunning, even to his allies. Scandal on a Biblical Scale.
Prepare yourself for more insanity every day than we would normally experience in a decade.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)In a court of law, they actually told a judge that the police wouldn't have the right to stop him from firing away at people, and that he couldn't be prosecuted.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Emoluments, federal records law, etc.
He makes Watergate seem like child's play. And still we can't even get every Democrat on board with impeachment. The world has gone completely mad.
PatSeg
(47,649 posts)That sums up Trump and it has been the case his entire adult life. If there is a right way or a wrong way of doing things, he will pick the wrong way, even if it doesn't benefit him. He is drawn to anything illegal or corrupt or dishonest. He will lie even if the truth would serve him better and if he gets caught, he doubles down.
Principles and honesty are for losers and Donald Trump will not be a loser.
barbtries
(28,813 posts)of course in my opinion impeachable offenses happen every day.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,026 posts)They have, and will happen daily. count on it.
onecaliberal
(32,929 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)of actual prosecutable crime - not true. General unfitness for office qualifies and is manifested by constant wreckless, inflammatory, taunting statements directed against everyone and anyone incl foreign heads of state, subtle and overt urging of violence against political foes, in general sowing discord and hatreds Other high crimes and misdemeanors that have occurred and will contine to occur: profiting from presidency (forget exact amt its in tens of millions of taxpayer dollars the Cult Leader is spending to vacation at his own properties) and violating campaign finance laws to pay off a porn star. That qualifies, not sure why it wasn't used for #3 article of impeachment. Perhaps Dems are too nice and considered it too unsavory.
Vinca
(50,318 posts)world wide wally
(21,757 posts)What is the crime?
Bribery. Political dirt on Biden for congressionally approved aid for starters. That is a crime.
Withholding the money illegally.
Perjury. Living through their collective teeth about Trumps intentions.
Of course, the legal team can enumerate more succinctly but the point is to not let their talking points go unanswered. Not even ONE of them.
bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)you just send in your lawyers and never show up in court
that's impeachment, then dismiss the Congress, declare martial law, suspend the Bill of Rights, cancel elections, privatize the government into crony corporations. Do it because you love America.
3Hotdogs
(12,439 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)so that more and more come up and can be added.
usaf-vet
(6,215 posts)Botany
(70,614 posts)Paid a bribe to Pam Bondi, A.G., Florida to not investigate his scam Trump University
or
Took in millions of dollars to help the vets and kept the money until a Washington Post
article outed Trump's thievery.
jmowreader
(50,567 posts)Donald Trump commits at least one impeachable act a day. Every man should have a goal in life; Trumps is to become the most corrupt politician in the history of the wotld. And you dont get that way by not committing impeachable acts.