On Tuesday, House Democrats introduced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump alleging “abuse of power and obstruction of Congress” regarding his interactions with Ukraine, despite going to the court to obtain documents.
During Tuesday’s impeachment press conference, House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Adam Schiff (D-CA), suggested that Democrats must impeach President Trump in order to stop him from winning the presidency again in 2020.
“Now some would argue, why don’t you just wait? Why don’t you just wait until you get these witnesses the White House refuses to produce? Why don’t you just wait until you get the documents the White House refuses to turn over? And people should understand what that argument really means. It has taken us eight months to get a lower court ruling that Don McGhan has no absolute right to defy Congress. Eight months, for one court decision,” Schiff said angrily.
“If it takes us another eight months to get a second court or maybe a Supreme Court decision, people need to understand, that is not the end of the process. It comes back to us and we ask questions because he no longer has absolute immunity and then he claims something else,” Schiff continued. “That his answers are privileged and we have to go back to court for another eight or sixteen months.
“The argument why don’t you just wait, amounts to this: Why don’t we just let him cheat in one more election? Why not let him cheat one more time? Why not let him have foreign help just one more time? That is what that argument amounts to,” Schiff claimed.
However, according to the Mueller Report, the special counsel concluded that Russia did interfere with the election, but “did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in these efforts, despite multiple efforts from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign.” [Emphasized]. (Continued Below)
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, released his long-awaited FISA report on Tuesday, which detailed how the FBI used an unverified dossier, created by British ex-spy Christopher Steele, to spy on the Trump campaign.
Steele’s reporting was commissioned by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS and funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) through law firm Perkins Coie, which was used to obtain warrants to justify the spying on the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. The FISA court was not told that Clinton and the DNC paid for the dossier.
Republican lawmakers responded to the impeachment obsession, explaining how Democrats are more concerned about the clock and calendar than facts or fairness. (Video Below)
Adam Schiff’s official remarks:
Justice shouldn’t be held hostage by an arbitrary timetable. pic.twitter.com/GxS34ia8Kg
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) December 10, 2019
Jonathan Turley testified last week and told Democrats: “If you make a high crime and misdemeanor out of going to the court, it is an abuse of power. It’s your abuse of power.”
Turley was right.
Jonathan Turley, not a Trump supporter, looks at Democrats and delivers one of the most powerful quotes of the hearing so far:
"If you make a high crime and misdemeanor out of going to the courts, it is an abuse of power. It's YOUR abuse of power." pic.twitter.com/H37euhMP3X
— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) December 4, 2019
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tweeted on Tuesday: “The people who are guilty of ‘Abuse of Power’ are the House Democrats who are pushing impeachment — not President @realDonaldTrump. The desire to impeach President Trump began the day he was sworn in as president. The fix was in.”
“This will be the first impeachment in American history driven by partisan politics and not an outside investigation. I fear House Democrats are turning impeachment into a tool to be used when you don’t like a president’s policies or style,” he continued. “What the Democrats seem intent on doing in this partisan impeachment threatens the office of the presidency itself. This is a sad and dangerous moment for the American political system.”
The desire to impeach President Trump began the day he was sworn in as president.
The fix was in.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 10, 2019
What the Democrats seem intent on doing in this partisan impeachment threatens the office of the presidency itself.
This is a sad and dangerous moment for the American political system.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 10, 2019
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Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) tweeted, “BREAKING → Dems unveiled their baseless, partisan articles of impeachment. They have no case for impeachment. No bribery. No quid pro quo. No abuse of power. The facts aren’t on their side. This is a pathetic political mission to try to rig 2020 against @realDonaldTrump.”
🚨 BREAKING → Dems unveiled their baseless, partisan articles of impeachment.
They have no case for impeachment. No bribery. No quid pro quo. No abuse of power.
The facts aren't on their side. This is a pathetic political mission to try to rig 2020 against @realDonaldTrump.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) December 10, 2019
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said, “The facts are on the President’s side. But Democrats are moving forward because they care more about stopping the President than helping the country.”
The facts are on the President’s side.
But Democrats are moving forward because they care more about stopping the President than helping the country. https://t.co/uRmeYQNueF
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) December 10, 2019
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) tweeted, “For months leading up to 2016, all we heard from Democrats was that questioning our elections was a ‘threat to democracy.’ Since then, all they have done is question our elections—without evidence and without basis—culminating in this charade impeachment. Breathtaking.”
For months leading up to 2016, all we heard from Democrats was that questioning our elections was a “threat to democracy.”
Since then, all they have done is question our elections—without evidence and without basis—culminating in this charade impeachment.
Breathtaking.
— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) December 10, 2019
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) wrote, “With this disgusting impeachment charade, House Democrats have proven themselves guilty of Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress.”
With this disgusting impeachment charade, House Democrats have proven themselves guilty of Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress.
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) December 10, 2019
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) noted:
Democrats say @POTUS abandoned the national interest. That is false.
✅266,000 jobs created in November
✅Half a million more manufacturing jobs in the Trump presidency.
✅700,000 construction jobs.
We are doing better than ever before. #ArticlesOfImpeachment
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) December 10, 2019
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said, “The impeachment obsessed Democrats are determined to overturn the 2016 election & ignore the vote of the American People. The partisan Articles include abuse of power & obstruction of Congress. But it is Adam Schiff who has repeatedly abused his power & obstructed Congress.”
The impeachment obsessed Democrats are determined to overturn the 2016 election & ignore the vote of the American People.
The partisan Articles include abuse of power & obstruction of Congress.
But it is Adam Schiff who has repeatedly abused his power & obstructed Congress.
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 10, 2019
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We leave you with a couple of videos from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Jim Banks (R-IN):
As Professor Turley told us last week, the Democrats’ case against @POTUS @realDonaldTrump is the thinnest pretext in the history of America.
This is simply a culmination of three years of the Democrats’ stated goal to impeach and remove this president from office. pic.twitter.com/1YXZ6UVOnH
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) December 10, 2019
.@SpeakerPelosi is guilty of withholding aid to Americans! pic.twitter.com/jBag7HNMq3
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) December 10, 2019
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