Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. at the Capitol, July 24, 2013. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
In what may be the most material development of the day, moments ago GOP Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.) said the report that President Trump pressured ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation would merit impeachment if true, becoming the first Republican lawmaker to break from the party and hint at impeachment.
Congressmen Al Green from the Democratic Party has taken to the floor of the US House of Representatives to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Green who is not related to the soul singer who bears the same name, justified his position, saying that Donald Trump is guilty of ‘objection of justice’ in respect of the recent firing of former FBI director James Comey.
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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said that maybe there should be an “Impeachment Clock” that acts like the famous “Doomsday Clock.” If there was, he added, President Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey would have “moved us an hour closer to midnight.”
It is hard to believe that just three weeks ago the entire corporate media was in uproar over Syria; specifically, about the need to ‘do something’ in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria, on April 4.
Unlike in Parliamentary systems where often all that is needed to remove a government is a simple majority, removing a US President can only be done when the President is found guilty by the Senate of a crime for which the House of Representatives passed an Impeachment.
Only two US Presidents have ever been impeached, Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton 1998. Neither were convicted by the Senate and hence neither were removed from office.
Ever since President Trump unexpectedly won the US Presidential election on 8th November 2016 he has faced a concerted attempt by his political opponents first to prevent him from being inaugurated as President and – since the inauguration – to remove him from the Presidency through attempts to impeach him.
Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters is quickly becoming the looniest US politician on the planet.
Julian Assange has sent out Tweets stating that Hilary Clinton and others are looking to impeach Trump with the stated preference of a Mike Pence Presidency. Assange’s Tweets were as follows:
Clinton stated privately this month that she is quietly pushing for a Pence takeover. She stated that Pence is predictable hence defeatable.
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) March 14, 2017
Maria de Jesus Oliveira da Costa, known as “Tia Zelia,” takes down an autographed photo given to her by Brazil’s impeached President Dilma Rousseff, to show it to journalists at her restaurant in Brasilia, Brazil, where photos of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also hang. (AP/Eraldo Peres)
BRASILIA, Brazil — Harsh austerity. A 20-year public spending freeze. A non-elected government. A coup backed by the United States and corporate world.
