Posted on 12/10/2018 6:17:26 AM PST by Mariner
No sooner had prosecutors in the Southern District of New York filed sentencing recommendations against Michael Cohen than were members of the media calling on Democratic lawmakers to impeach President Trump.
The filings charge that President Trump directed Cohen to make hush payments to Stormy Daniels in a bid to buy her silence about an affair. Many in the media are contending that this would amount to Trump orchestrating a violation of campaign finance laws, and that, as a consequence, he can and should be impeached.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, Eddie Glaude Jr., and Ali Velshi have all suggested Trump should be impeached. On CNN, Carl Bernstein and Watergate attorney John Dean also called for Trump’s impeachment. The Boston Herald’s Kimberly Atkins is calling for impeachment, too.
On MSNBC, host Lawrence O’Donnell said flat out that Trump “must be impeached.”
“Will Donald Trump be the only president in history accused by federal prosecutors of committing federal crimes who does not then face impeachment for those crimes?” O’Donnell asked. “Congress moved to impeach Richard Nixon when the special prosecutor described his crimes. The House of Representatives moved to impeach and did in fact impeach Bill Clinton when the special prosecutors showed that he committed perjury in that civil case involving Paula Jones.”
The host then added: “And so if history means anything in the Trump era, if precedent means anything in the Trump era, Donald Trump will be, must be impeached because of the crimes prosecutors say he committed in the Michael Cohen case.”
Later, O’Donnell invited on the Democratic congressman from Tennessee, Rep. Steven Cohen, to nudge toward filing impeachment charges, saying that failure to do so would mean Trump is the first president “accused of federal crimes” who does not face impeachment.
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The Democrat base will force the Democrat House to impeach Trump over paying off whores. Something not even a crime.
And into certain Senate defeat.
This insanity will not stop unless and until President Trump de-classifies All FISA Docs, ALL Uranium 1 Docs, ALL Monies paid out by the Congressional Rape and Run Slush Fund,...
$17,000,000 in hush money was paid to silence Congress’ sex scandals. Impeach the lot of them.
Do it, Do it dumbocRATS, I double dog dare you.
I wonder how many men Bathroom Booker paid off......
If they think Paris is bad..... try it
I guess the extortion these whores used to get the money from then Candidate Trump wasn’t illegal?
These women went to the well to get some quick cash because they thought he was going to lose anyways. That is what this is about. After he won, they tried again to get even more money. None of them have been held accountable to their violation of the NDA that they signed. Both the women and their lawyers should be paying that debt.
Maybe he should have just set up a Bimbo Eruption Team complete with death threats and dead cats...
The media publishers and CEO’s are complicit in the conspiracy and the 1st ammendment does not protect them from charges of criminal conspiracy.
One wonders if they will be squaking for impeachment from their exile on an atoll in the Pacific
If he is impeached, I think there should be a million man march on Chappaqua.
You’re right. The DeomonShits’ radical base will not let them not impeach and the Republican base will not let any Republican Senator vote for conviction.
The Media is totally Consumed
with Trump Derangement Syndrome!
This is news? The media has been demanding his impeachment since he was elected. Collusion with Russia, obstruction of justice, now campaign finance violations. It’s just the reason du jour.
...and it wasn't even their money. It was ours. Show me in the Constitution where this thieving is legal.
Impeach the lot of them.
I'm sorry, it appears you mis spelled 'hang'.
“and the 1st ammendment does not protect them from charges of criminal conspiracy”
Sure it does.
Everything associated with gathering, manufacturing and publishing information is covered by the 1st Amendment.
At least a million. Trump supporters should rise up in support of him.
And it will be of no consequence whatsoever as far as removing President Trump from office is concerned, save guaranteeing that President Trump gets reelected and the Democrats lose The House in 2020.
It's a win win for Trump.
Only two U.S. Presidents have been impeached by the House of Representatives. The first was Andrew Johnson, in 1868, for dismissing Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war and the second was Bill Clinton, in 1998 for charges of lying under oath in regards to sexual relations with a White House intern. Both presidents were acquitted in trials that were held by the Senate because the two-thirds majority votes needed to convict them, were not reached. This meant both presidents remained in office and served the remainder of their terms.
There is ZERO chance that the Democrats will get a two thirds majority vote in a Republican controlled US Senate which will have an increased GOP majority next year, and will be without the moronic Trump hating Flake, Corker and McCain.
You’re confusing 1st amendment rights with criminal charges.
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