House Dems, Senate GOP, Impeachment and Indictment -- My Take

[ancianita]

Cohen: Don't believe my allegations. I brought incontrovertible evidence for you.

GOP: You'll always be a liar.

Cohen: My lies were to protect Trump, which you are doing right now.

Me: The House now has evidence enough to impeach Trump. The Senate must decide either to indict or to obstruct justice by refusing to indict.

Holder: A sitting president can be indicted.

Mueller: No one is above The Law.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Perfect summation - should the senate NOT follow through on impeachment after all this

evidence is written, they cannot survive 2020..

[ancianita]

3. They can be campaigned against as obstructing justice by their opponents. Their failure to act, on

evidence that proves presidential crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, can indict them as upholding and defending the Constitution.

So those who refuse to indict should lose and themselves be indicted.

[IluvPitties]

2. We have a criminal president. He needs to be impeached.

[rsdsharp]

4. The Senate has no ability to indict.

If the House impeaches, the trial will be in the Senate which can choose to convict (on a 2/3rds majority) thereby removing Trump from office, or acquit.

Indicting for a criminal offense is the purview of the Justice Department.

[ancianita]

5. Fair enough. In so many words I meant the Senate could choose to convict or not. Holder says the

Justice Department can indict.

I'm no lawyer, so I stand corrected about the Senate.

Thanks.