The House Judiciary Committee issued a historic report laying the groundwork to impeach President Trump
The staff of the House Judiciary Committee on Saturday issued a historic report laying the groundwork to impeach President Donald Trump, outlining in Constitutional terms what the panel believes amounts to an impeachable offense.as the heir to the only similar report produced by the Judiciary Committee, which was released during the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon. That document was updated during the Bill Clinton impeachment but not fully rewritten.
The report is a crucial document in the annals of presidential impeachment, a subject with little accumulated precedent and innumerable gray areas. Democrats are taking the opportunity to try to fill in some of the blanks left to them by the Clinton and Nixon-era staff reports. Among them: the Founders’ special concern about a president who would abuse the office’s power over foreign policy.
The Judiciary Committee report also seeks to refute claims by Trump and his allies that Democrats have abused the impeachment process, setting out important new procedural markers for how the House should approach future impeachments.
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