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Joseph diGenova, a lawyer aligned with President Trump and reportedly one of his "off the book" envoys to Ukraine, shared some interesting thoughts on the House impeachment effort on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show Tuesday night. In explaining why he believes the White House is right to stonewall House Democrats, diGenova called their impeachment effort "regicide" the murder of a king and compared the whistleblower whose complaint unveiled Trump's Ukraine scandal to "suicide bombers."
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"Joe diGenova calls impeachment 'regicide' as if he's really proud of the word," tweeted conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg. "He should be ashamed. Defend Trump, denounce impeachment, but we don't have kings and impeachment isn't murder."
DiGenova's main argument that the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate because House Democrats haven't held a formal impeachment vote, thus depriving House Republicans of subpoena power is also flawed. The Constitution gives the House "the sole power of impeachment," and there are no instructions on how to carry it out.
In the impeachment investigations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, there was a House vote, and in each case "the minority party on the investigating committee was granted the power to subpoena," the Los Angeles Times explains. But "the subpoenas were still subject to a vote of the committee, giving the majority party a way to block them," and "even if she allows a vote, there is no guarantee that [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi would grant subpoena power to ranking members, allow the president's counsel to be present during depositions, or other items Republicans say they want in the resolution."
https://theweek.com/speedreads/870554/trump-legal-ally-tells-fox-news-house-impeachment-push-regicide
He's not a king you fucking idiot.
malaise
(269,144 posts)a fucking king or queen or whatthefuckever Don the Con has called himself at that coronation in his mirror.
TheRealNorth
(9,497 posts)Then yes, I support regicide. I will not tolerate a Monarchy/dictatorship.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)RockRaven
(14,984 posts)The POTUS is not a monarch, and should he or she attempt to act the part, impeachment MUST be pursued as it is the orderly, non-violent means of removing the aspiring tyrant which the constitution lays out.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)How can this be happening?
malaise
(269,144 posts)about the US Constitution
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)dchill
(38,516 posts)diGenova is a depraved, right-wing asshole. A truth and ethics whack-a-mole.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Trump and his followers are saying he is a king.
I will not watch any fox news clip and certainly not one with laura ingrahams. The response was that we dont have kings in this country followed by kicking whoever said that in the ass right?
I know they didnt and that is what is so dangerous.
This is not tolerable. The dictatorship is hardening in front of our eyes.