Eli Rabett’s Simple Impeachment Advice
May 24, 2019
Well, what the hell, the US is headed there are the House Democratic leadership (e.g. Nancy Pelosi) doesn't want to impeach Donald Trump
The problem is obvious. Trump is richly deserving of impeachment and conviction but a) the Reprehensibles in the Senate will never convict and b) Trump will never hand over evidence to even the ongoing House inquiries.
Thus Eli Rabett's Simple Solution: Impeachment by a thousand Benghazis. As the bunnies may recall the Reprehensibles ran thousands of Benghazi hearings (seemed that way), always demanding more information from Hillary Clinton and the White House, screaming stonewalling all the time. This had a very negative effect on Clinton's candidacy to say the least.
Turn about could be excellent. The House should open an impeachment inquiry. Tomorrow
Nothing says they have to bring it to a vote, well it might be fun to do so a month or less before the election. It would tie the Senate into knots and there are LOTs of Republicans running in 2020. They would have the interesting choice of doing a quick whitewash (explaining that in the face of the mountain of evidence that is already there) and even then spending valuable time before the election, or putting it off (explaining why they did not do their job would be even more fun).
Having a long running impeachment inquiry kills any argument that the House has no right to ANY information about how Trump is doing his job, or his actions before hand. Trump STILL won't give up any information, but the Dems just have to keep saying, gee, how can we end this inquiry without the needed information.
Even better, Mueller, Barr, McGahn and the crew can't refuse to testify to the impeachment inquiry. EINAL but the argument about executive privilege would seem to be a lot less effective against an impeachment inquiry.
And, of course, as everybunny sees, even more dirty deeds come to light with passing time
Impeachment Inquiry Tomorrow (Vote in about 17 months). Eli Rabett's Simple Plan
The House speaker also suggested Trump was disappointed that she has resisted calls from some members of her caucus to pursue impeachment. Pelosi appeared to endorse the theory that Trump is trying to trap House Democrats by goading them into bringing impeachment charges, expecting to be acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate. This would allow him to claim vindication heading into his reelection.
“The House Democratic caucus is not on the path to impeachment,” Pelosi said. “That’s where he wants us to be.”
But Pelosi also made clear that Trump’s conduct could lead the House down that path, eventually.
“The president’s behavior in terms of his obstruction of justice, the things that he is doing, it’s very clear — it’s in plain sight,” she said. “It cannot be denied. Ignoring subpoenas. Obstruction of justice. Yes, these could be impeachable offenses.”
She added: “We can walk and chew gum at the same time. I hope he can too.”
The problem is obvious. Trump is richly deserving of impeachment and conviction but a) the Reprehensibles in the Senate will never convict and b) Trump will never hand over evidence to even the ongoing House inquiries.
Thus Eli Rabett's Simple Solution: Impeachment by a thousand Benghazis. As the bunnies may recall the Reprehensibles ran thousands of Benghazi hearings (seemed that way), always demanding more information from Hillary Clinton and the White House, screaming stonewalling all the time. This had a very negative effect on Clinton's candidacy to say the least.
Turn about could be excellent. The House should open an impeachment inquiry. Tomorrow
Nothing says they have to bring it to a vote, well it might be fun to do so a month or less before the election. It would tie the Senate into knots and there are LOTs of Republicans running in 2020. They would have the interesting choice of doing a quick whitewash (explaining that in the face of the mountain of evidence that is already there) and even then spending valuable time before the election, or putting it off (explaining why they did not do their job would be even more fun).
Having a long running impeachment inquiry kills any argument that the House has no right to ANY information about how Trump is doing his job, or his actions before hand. Trump STILL won't give up any information, but the Dems just have to keep saying, gee, how can we end this inquiry without the needed information.
Even better, Mueller, Barr, McGahn and the crew can't refuse to testify to the impeachment inquiry. EINAL but the argument about executive privilege would seem to be a lot less effective against an impeachment inquiry.
And, of course, as everybunny sees, even more dirty deeds come to light with passing time
Impeachment Inquiry Tomorrow (Vote in about 17 months). Eli Rabett's Simple Plan
