Posted on 02/03/2020 10:13:43 PM PST by Mariner
Representative Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) said Monday that “a whole range of utterly unacceptable conduct in a president would now be beyond reach” if the Senate acquits President Trump in his impeachment trial.
Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, said during closing arguments in the trial that “Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election, or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country, delegating to him the decision whether to go to war.”
Schiff also accused Trump’s legal team of employing the “dangerous” and “absurd” argument that a president cannot be impeached for anything other than a violation of federal criminal law.
According to Trump’s lawyers, “abuses of power that would help the president get reelected were permissible and therefore unimpeachable, and only those for pecuniary gain were beyond the pale,” Schiff argued. “Under this theory, as long as a president believed his reelection was in the public interest he could do anything and no quid pro quo was too corrupt, no damage to our national security too great.“
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When Biden drops out, the whole idea of President Trump using Ukraine to investigate a campaign opponent becomes moot as does the justification for impeachment.
I’m thinking Biden might drop over before dropping out. He’s Hillary’s place holder. My preference is they both drop over. That’s just me though.
How does he come up with such nonsense? Schiff must be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Not retarded. Psychotic.
CC
And as much fun as this has been, the election to come will make this look like the warm-up for the Big Show that it is.
Popcorn--ready!!!
Does anyone have a straight jacket and a rubber room to put this guy in? He’s an absolute lunatic!
Barack Obama must be encouraged by this, because it is becoming obvious that Adam Schiff would be a worse presidential than Obama was. Watch or Barry to endorse Schiff as the moderate candidate go to break the nomination logjam.
He is just as bright as the people who voted for him.
Isn’t that what Soetoro wanted to do?
Put him in a straight jacket and give him an enema. Bwaaahaaaaa.
And the moon could be made of green cheese too. Whatever will we do about it?
I want to see the reports of shitt and his good friend ed buck
Shows you how sick he is......He’s insane.
Substitute California for Alaska, and I’m IN...
Somebody queue up Napoleon XIV’s song “They’re Coming to Take Me Away (Haha!)”
I think a white coat with arms that tie ‘round the back would be a good look for Old Bug-eyes.
Schiff for Brains - engage feces before opening mouth.
And this idiot is the intel chairman?
Needs to be in a rubber room.
Schiff makes it up as he goes along.
Maybe Trump should offer the Russians schiffs district.
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