Posted on 11/03/2019 4:50:11 AM PST by MarvinStinson
“When questioned by the news outlet whether it was appropriate to investigate Hill, but not probe Hastings, Deutch refused to comment.”
Investigate Hill: justice
Probing Hastings: racism
Alcee’s impeachment hearings (when he was a judge) was _great_ TV back in the day.
It would have been a fantastic made-for-TV movie—sex, cash in suitcases, chase scenes with the FBI....
and the guy is _still_ around—proof that crime pays these days—if you are black.
The star chamber tactics of the Democrat Party ought to scare the bejesus out of any fair minded American. Their tyrannical proclivities are on display for all to see. After they stole control of the House they went on a totalitarian drinking bing. I wonder how crazed their withdrawal symptoms will become when they lose control in 2020.
If I recall, David Bonior even went so far as to marry his staffer then kept her on his payroll.....at least that's what I think happened.
I nominate this as post of the day.
He is a Mercedes Marxist.
2000? 2017? Boehner? Ryan? The corruption is bipartisan in The Swap.
Only the democRATS would think this was okay. The more corrupt their members, the better they like them.
Democrats? Boehner and Ryan seemed just fine with Hastings. They certainly didn’t lift a finger to stop it. Contrast that to Ryan’s treatment of Nunes.
“Rules to a Democrat are only a means to handicap their enemies. Neither oaths nor rules or their word mean anything to a Democrat.Rules, oaths, and one’s word of honor are only valid or have meaning if one has honor. Democrats have no honor, therefore, none of these are valid.”
Well said.
I would love to see President Trump go on the offense and start informing/reminding people of the crooked demonicRATS who are out to destroy him.
Sounds like she is doing a bang up job.
The democrats are a cancer that the republicans have left untreated for decades. The extent of their ineffective opposition has been to express outrage. Lindsey Graham’s latest genius tactic is to sign a petition. A petition? The democrats have full control over the republicans.
On the plus side, this criminal wretch is elderly and will likely die soon. That would be good for America.
Williams and Hastings must have two freezers to keep all that much money.
Hastings? Anything involving him is bound to stink like week old fish.
...that certain members of Congress are not called out for their behavior.
“There is a sense that there are people who get away with it and people who don’t,” she said.”
It’s called a swamp, jail the bass turd and move on.
You're making an assumption that Boehner and Ryan are Republicans. RINOs maybe.
But more likely, democRATS with a small "r" on their lapel pins.
Loyal members of the Uniparty.
Even Cons become congrees critters.
In 1981, a federal grand jury indicted Judge Alcee L. Hastings, appointed to the federal district court in 1979, along with his friend William A. Borders, a Washington, D.C. lawyer. Hastings was charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice for soliciting a $150,000 bribe in return for reducing the sentences of two mob-connected felons convicted in Hastings’ court. A year after Borders was convicted of conspiracy, the result of an FBI sting effort, Hastings’s case came before the criminal court. Despite Borders’ conviction, and the fact that Hastings had indeed reduced the sentences of the two felons, he was acquitted in a criminal court in 1983 and returned to his judicial post.
Votes
Votes on Articles:
Article 1: 69 guilty; 26 not guilty
Article 2: 68 guilty; 27 not guilty
Article 3: 69 guilty; 26 not guilty
Article 4: 67 guilty; 28 not guilty
Article 5: 67 guilty; 28 not guilty
Article 6: 48 guilty; 47 not guilty
Article 7: 69 guilty; 26 not guilty
Article 8: 68 guilty; 27 not guilty
Article 9: 70 guilty; 25 not guilty
Articles 10-15: Senate chose not to vote on these articles.
Article 16: 0 guilty; 95 not guilty
Article 17: 60 guilty; 35 not guilty
Vote for Removal and/or Disqualification:
No separate vote was taken. Having found Hastings guilty on 8 of the 17 articles of impeachment, the president pro tempore ordered him removed from office. He was not disqualified for future office.
They should have disqualified him and removed him from office.
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