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marble falls

(56,358 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 09:11 PM Apr 2019

Hillary Clinton Agrees With Nancy Pelosi On Potential Trump Impeachment

Source: huffpo


Hillary Clinton Agrees With Nancy Pelosi On Potential Trump Impeachment

The former secretary of state added that the Mueller report “could not be more explicit” in showing Trump obstructed justice.

By Hayley Miller

<snip>

“I think what Nancy means, and I agree with what she means, is that it shouldn’t be a pre-ordained conclusion,” the former secretary of state said during an interview at the Time 100 Summit in New York City.

“It shouldn’t be what you do for partisan political purposes almost outside of the framework of the Constitution. It should be something undertaken in a really serious ... way based on evidence,” she continued.

<snip>

“As you know, last Thursday’s release of the redacted Mueller Report has caused a public outcry for truth and accountability,” Pelosi said in her letter. “While our views range from proceeding to investigate the finding of the Mueller report or proceeding directly to impeachment, we all firmly agree that we should proceed down a path of finding the truth.”

<snip>

Clinton on Tuesday compared a potential Trump impeachment to the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Many public hearings involving Nixon administration officials took place before the House initiated impeachment proceedings against him, she noted.

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-pelosi-trump-impeachment_n_5cbf56cde4b0a5de6e3e8acc



Impeachment is process, and the process is working.
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Hillary Clinton Agrees With Nancy Pelosi On Potential Trump Impeachment (Original Post) marble falls Apr 2019 OP
If Hillary read Mueller's report, she knows the EVIDENCE of obstruction of justice is OVERWHELMING InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #1
I Agree With HRC & Nancy Me. Apr 2019 #2
I think that's probably right. We're not going to get him on Russian collusion per the report. forgotmylogin Apr 2019 #10
THe Thing About Investigations Me. Apr 2019 #11
Mueller certainly made it difficult by declaring that conspiracy in plain sight doesn't count. lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #17
I agree with them as well NYMinute Apr 2019 #12
Or Make Him THe Martyr/Victim Me. Apr 2019 #15
It's safe to say that investigations to date abqtommy Apr 2019 #3
I, too, agree with Speaker Pelosi. Drip, drip, drip from investigations until the inevitable. Midnight Writer Apr 2019 #4
I also agree with her, she sure knows her stuff. Talitha Apr 2019 #5
Lock him up! Nitram Apr 2019 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #7
I agree - start public hearings and then proceed with impeachement AlexSFCA Apr 2019 #8
Open public hearings are effective for getting the word out to the public who will listen. I believe iluvtennis Apr 2019 #9
I stand with HRC and NP! mcar Apr 2019 #13
I stand with HRC and NP, too. NurseJackie Apr 2019 #16
Make that three of us! llmart Apr 2019 #18
make that 4. So glad to see Hillary staying involved. riversedge Apr 2019 #20
Agree. We are actually in the impeachment process now. delisen Apr 2019 #14
Thoughtfully Stated - HRC Has A Perspective On Impeachment Shared By Very Few corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #19
I agree with both of them, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #21

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,110 posts)
1. If Hillary read Mueller's report, she knows the EVIDENCE of obstruction of justice is OVERWHELMING
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 09:17 PM
Apr 2019

so, based on her guidance, impeachment is DEFINITELY the way to go!!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
10. I think that's probably right. We're not going to get him on Russian collusion per the report.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 03:16 AM
Apr 2019

However, I think the Mueller Report definitely urges much further investigation, and he should eventually be impeached on subverting law and the will of Congress, obstruction, and emoluments including Russian business dealings which clearly affected his decisions such as not to censure Russia and thwarting sanctions which are all against US interests.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
11. THe Thing About Investigations
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 07:18 AM
Apr 2019

is that they must present the evidence that prove the case without a doubt so that no one can look away or spin it away

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
17. Mueller certainly made it difficult by declaring that conspiracy in plain sight doesn't count.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 11:49 AM
Apr 2019

But the Russia conspiracy, deadly and scary as it is, is far from the only eqregiously criminal behavior Trump engages in. Kidnapping, emoluments from many foreign adversaries and quasi-adversaries, rampant domestic corruption, and on and on, are ripe for investigation.

 

NYMinute

(3,256 posts)
12. I agree with them as well
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 07:32 AM
Apr 2019

A half-assed impeachment will only make Trump stronger.

Let's continue the investigations and create a far more solid case on several other crimes besides the ones in the Mueller report.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. It's safe to say that investigations to date
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 09:54 PM
Apr 2019

and in the future will lead directly to impeachment. Let's go team!

Talitha

(6,478 posts)
5. I also agree with her, she sure knows her stuff.
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 10:50 PM
Apr 2019

Maybe the constant damning drip-drip will force enough Senate Rethugs to convict Twitler when the time comes - how could they not? With enough evidence laid bare, their backs will be to the wall.

Response to marble falls (Original post)

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
8. I agree - start public hearings and then proceed with impeachement
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 12:13 AM
Apr 2019

subpoena Mueller and ask him tough questions in public. No more private hearings of any kind. No more redactions, no matter how detailed. We, the taxpayers, are the employers of the governement. So treat all of them as subordinates, they are not your bosses.

iluvtennis

(19,757 posts)
9. Open public hearings are effective for getting the word out to the public who will listen. I believe
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 01:08 AM
Apr 2019

in baby steps -- it's the way I approach life goals and work objective.

Do the due diligence house and investigate, investigate, investigate, and add on to the mountain of evidence. Then do the article of impeachment to lock in your findings.

I know the article of impeachment won't go anywhere in the Senate, but t least we cna look back years from now and applaud the Dems for doing the right thing for our democracy.

delisen

(6,039 posts)
14. Agree. We are actually in the impeachment process now.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 09:17 AM
Apr 2019

We will go here it leads us. We are all involved in this process. As the process goes forward, starting with public hearings, information being disseminated, public opinion forming, and evaluation being done by representatives and the people, we will get to a point where a decision ill be made.

This can be an amazingly democratic process

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
19. Thoughtfully Stated - HRC Has A Perspective On Impeachment Shared By Very Few
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 03:41 PM
Apr 2019

She's right that the parallels to 1974 align well. I'm sure, though, that her words were tempered by the insider's view of her husband's impeachment.

I can't think of anyone offering a better endorsement of Speaker Pelosi's approach than HRC. She did Nancy a favor. Good for her.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
21. I agree with both of them, but ...
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 09:43 AM
Apr 2019

... they (and I) sit at the "centrist liberal" end of the big Democratic tent. And we roll our eyes and scowl a bit at the noise coming from the left end of this big tent.

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