GOP Rep. Amash becomes first Republican to call for Trump's impeachment

[JonLP24]

Washington(CNN) Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash said Saturday he had concluded President Donald Trump committed "impeachable conduct" and accused Attorney General William Barr of intentionally misleading the public.

Amash's comments recommending Congress pursue obstruction of justice charges against Trump were the first instance of a sitting Republican in Congress calling for Trump's impeachment.

Amash is a rare GOP critic of Trump and previously said Trump's conduct in pressuring then-FBI Director James Comey could merit impeachment. In a Twitter thread on Saturday, Amash said he believed "few members of Congress even read" special counsel Robert Mueller's report and that the report itself established "multiple examples" of Trump committing obstruction of justice.

"Contrary to Barr's portrayal, Mueller's report reveals that President Trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment," Amash said in a string of messages on Twitter.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/18/politics/justin-amash-trump-impeachable-conduct/index.html

Link to tweet

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[Blues Heron]

1. I thought no members have read the unredacted report

Still, maybe the worm has turned here.

[JonLP24]

2. I think he meant few members read the 450 page redacted report

I haven't read all of it either. Just the first 100 pages or so.

[hedda_foil]

4. I think he means the redacted report. Why read nearly 500 pages when you have talking points?

[Siwsan]

3. I read, on his Wiki page, that he calls himself a Libertarian Republican.

Perhaps that was possible, once in the dim past, but now it makes one sound more like a malevolent unicorn.