Law prof. Lawrence Tribe: Falsely accusing Obama of wiretapping qualifies as an impeachable offense

[DonViejo]

DAVID EDWARDS
07 MAR 2017 AT 10:31 ET


Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe pointed out on Tuesday that President Donald Trump could face impeachment if he lied when he claimed President Barack Obama had personally ordered surveillance of his phones during the 2016 presidential campaign.

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe broadcast on Tuesday, George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley opined that Trump could not be impeach for making false claims about the former president because the comments were made on Twitter.

“There’s no penalty to the president for bad tweets,” Turley said. “Twitter postdated the (U.S. Constitution’s) impeachment clause. So, there’s no impeachment for bad tweets.”

Tribe quickly disagreed with Turley on Twitter.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/law-prof-lawrence-tribe-falsely-accusing-obama-of-wiretapping-qualifies-as-an-impeachable-offense/

[NewJeffCT]

1. Are there more tweets?

He doesn't really explain why it is impeachable?

Tribe is great, but unless it's Bill Clinton under oath, we are not going to impeach a president for lying

[Initech]

2. The GOP won't do it though, they are too addicted to wealth and power to do the right thing.

The only way Trump and his enablers will go is if we remove them by force, and it might take a war to do that.

[randome]

3. Is Obama considered a private citizen now? If so, then yes, this wild claim should be impeachable.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"If you're bored then you're boring." -Harvey Danger[/center][/font][hr]

[drray23]

4. the list is already a mile long

and yet, i don't see congress rushing to write articles of impeachments. I will believe it when I see it.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. I'm thoroughly in the throes of Impeachable Offense Fatigue

Seriously. I've lost track of all the illegal activity and lying from this administration. Seems like multiple counts daily!

I'm with you. I'll believe it when I see it. And maybe not even until we see him in handcuffs after a conviction. Like that would ever happen to the psychopathic weasel.