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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 11:26 AM Jan 2020

Throwback Thursday on Friday: November 15, 2017

Reps Steve Cohen - D-TN, Marcia Fudge - D-OH, Al Green - D-TX, Luis Gutierrez D-IL, Adriano Espaillat - D-NY and John Yarmuth - D-KY introduced 5 articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump. House Res 621.

In December of 2017, almost one year in, Trump's worst approvals #s:
Gallup 35%
Reuters 33%
Quinnipiac 37%
CBS 36%

Guiterrez:

"I see a crime and I have a responsibility to dial 911 immediately. I don't call and try to reach my consensus with all my neighbors and all my friends and those whose opinion I might seek out," Gutierrez said.


The 5 Articles:

Full text and detail
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/621/text

Article 1
Obstruction of Justice

Article 2
Violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause

Article 3
Violation of the Domestic Emoluments Clause

Article 4
Abuse of Power - Undermining the independence of the Federal Judiciary and the Rule of Law

Article V
Undermining the Freedom of the Press


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