Constitutional experts in impeachment inquiry slam Trump actions

Politics
December 4, 2019 / 5:30 AM / Updated 5 minutes ago

David Morgan, Patricia Zengerle

7 Min Read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three constitutional law experts called by Democrats will testify on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s actions concerning Ukraine represented impeachable offenses as the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee began proceedings expected to end in charges against Trump.

A fourth law professor, chosen by Republican lawmakers, said in prepared testimony that the impeachment inquiry lacked testimony from people with direct knowledge of the events and that current evidence did not show that Trump had committed “a clear criminal act,” according to written opening remarks prepared for the committee.

An impeachment inquiry launched by the Democratic-led House in September focuses on the Republican president’s request that Ukraine announce investigations that could harm Democratic political rival Joe Biden.

After more than two months of investigation, the committee will hold a hearing to examine whether Trump’s actions qualify as the “high crimes and misdemeanors” punishable by impeachment under the U.S. Constitution. If the House approves articles of impeachment - formal charges - then Senate then would hold a trial on whether to remove Trump from office.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/constitutional-experts-in-impeachment-inquiry-slam-trump-actions-idUSKBN1Y817H?il=0

Hey Turley did you by some strange chance listen to the testimony from Fiona Hill and LT. Col. Alexander Vindman...........................or were you on Fix Russian Noise doing exactly what.............................deflecting