List of all the impeachable offenses we know of (so far)

[ecstatic]

Last edited Wed May 29, 2019, 03:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Offenses that are ready to go:

1) Obstruction of justice
2) Failure to carry out important duties of office--for example, filling vacant cabinet positions, securing elections, etc.
3) His cruel child separation policy, which violates the Geneva convention
4) Contempt of congress
5) Illegal campaign contributions
6) Perjury in sworn written testimony regarding the trump tower meeting
7) Undermining freedom of press
8) Abuse of pardon power
9) Failure to fully reject white supremacists/ neo nazis

Offenses that require more hearings/investigations:

10) Criminal conspiracy with Russia to affect 2016 election
11) Repeated violations of the emoluments clause
12) Directing US DOJ to investigate political opponents

Anything else?

Edited to add more offenses.

[mainstreetonce]

1. Lying under oath

He said something about a week ago that conflicted with what he said in his written testimony.
It was about the phone call "before" that Trump tower meeting.

[ecstatic]

11. Good point! nt

[ScratchCat]

2. How about the one

Where someone is already serving a prison sentence for his participation? You know, that FELONY where Trump is named "Individual 1"?!?!?

The mistake was not starting impeachment inquiry the day after Michael Cohen testified to Trump's crime.

[Sandwich2010]

3. Huh?

The Geneva convention is a set of four treaties and 3 protocols pertaining to nations at war or in armed conflict. It has no bearing in this matter.

Unfilled cabinet positions, while abhorrent, isn't an impeachable offense.

[ecstatic]

4. Congress has the discretion to determine what counts as abuse

or misconduct.

And regarding the Geneva convention, if it's not acceptable conduct within the confines of war, why on Earth would it be acceptable during peace time?

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule105_sectionb

Practice Relating to Rule 105. Respect for Family Life
Section B. Reunion of dispersed families

I. Treaties
Geneva Convention IV
Article 26 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV provides:

Each Party to the conflict shall facilitate enquiries made by members of families dispersed owing to the war, with the object of renewing contact with one another and of meeting, if possible. It shall encourage, in particular, the work of organizations engaged on this task provided they are acceptable to it and conform to its security regulations.

Additional Protocol I

Article 74 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides:

Parties to the conflict shall facilitate in every possible way the reunion of families dispersed as a result of armed conflicts and shall encourage in particular the work of the humanitarian organizations engaged in this task.

Additional Protocol II

Article 4(3)(b) of the 1977 Additional Protocol II provides: “All appropriate steps shall be taken to facilitate the reunion of families temporarily separated.”

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Article 10 of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child provides: “Applications by a child or his or her parents to enter or leave a State Party for the purpose of family reunification shall be dealt with by States Parties in a positive, humane and expeditious manner.”

[PoliticAverse]

5. "isn't an impeachable offense." - that's determined by Congress and not filling cabinet positions

would fall under "not doing your job" which would certainly qualify under any reasonable standard of impeachable offense.

[Brother Buzz]

6. An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives.....

considers to be at a given moment in history. - Gerald Ford, 1970

[samnsara]

15. being orange and fugly surely must count

[maxsolomon]

7. Inherent Contempt of Congress

directing Illegal Campaign donations (paying off Stormy Daniels, that Playboy model)

[ecstatic]

9. Thanks! Adding to list! nt

[Poiuyt]

8. Here's a list:

https://impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org/case-for-impeachment/

1. obstruction of justice;
2. violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause and Domestic Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution;
3. conspiring with others to: (a) commit crimes against the United States involving the solicitation and intended receipt by the Donald J. Trump campaign of things of value from a foreign government and other foreign nationals; and (b) conceal those violations;
4. advocating illegal violence, giving aid and comfort to white supremacists and neo-Nazis, and undermining constitutional protections of equal protection under the law;
5. abusing the pardon power;
6. recklessly threatening nuclear war against foreign nations, undermining and subverting the essential diplomatic functions and authority of federal agencies, including the United States Department of State, and engaging in other conduct that grossly and wantonly endangers the peace and security of the United States, its people and people of other nations, by heightening the risk of hostilities involving weapons of mass destruction, with reckless disregard for the risk of death and grievous bodily harm;
7. directing or endeavoring to direct law enforcement, including the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to investigate and prosecute political adversaries and others, for improper purposes not justified by any lawful function of his office, thereby eroding the rule of law, undermining the independence of law enforcement from politics, and compromising the constitutional right to due process of law;
8. undermining the freedom of the press;
9. cruelly and unconstitutionally imprisoning children and their families; and
10. making and directing illegal payments to influence the 2016 election.

[ecstatic]

10. Thanks! Looks like that site has it all! nt

[maxsolomon]

12. yeah, but those were just jokes!

Don't you Librulz understand ?

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Fake national emergency declaration.

[scarytomcat]

14. locking people up who ask for asylum

and separating children from parents who ask for asylum is a crime against humanity and an agreement we have in the UN I think.
He is also having people he fired from the DoJ investigated for doing their job