[Telepathic Intruder]

First of all, the president has that Constitutional authority, and secondly, you need an actual crime to impeach the president. What are these people, idiots?

[papertyger]

First of all, the president has that Constitutional authority, and secondly, you need an actual crime to impeach the president.

Like Rush always says "impeachment is a political act," not a legal one.

If it were about crime Clinton, as well as Obama, would have been removed from office.

[Williams]

Yeah so now dismissing a prosecutor becomes an impeachable offense? Even when there is no underlying wrongdoing? At this point Mueller has to be out of his mind if he thinks firing Comey could be criminal.

[Electric Graffiti]

See the post below by Soul of the South. He spells it out quite well.

Impeachment is a political process, not a legal process

[arthurus]

You do not need an actual crime to impeach the President. Andrew Johnson was impeached for firing an official he was quite within his prerogative to fire as he had appointed him. No “actual crime” was alleged or shown. Impeachment is dependent upon having enough votes to impeach, nothing other. It is deemed prudent to have some “reasons” for impeachment that the vooters could possibly accept as legitimate.