The Case for Impeachment As presented by North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman

[PufPuf23]

The Case for Impeachment

As presented by North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman

North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman has made no secret of his desire to see the U.S. House of Representatives officially begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. He's been steadfastly outspoken on the subject. His public statements began largely 140 fiery characters at a time on Twitter before, in February of 2018, Huffman co-sponsored the Articles of Impeachment introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee. But in recent weeks, in the wake of the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, amid a slowly growing chorus of House Democrats calling for impeachment, Huffman has been making the national media rounds, interviewed by the likes of CNN, Politico and the Huffington Post.

As Congress mulls the historic step, the Journal caught up with Huffman on June 7. Looking to go beyond the tweets, sound bites and pithy quotes, we asked Huffman, a lawyer by trade, to make his case as to why the House should begin impeachment proceedings against the president of the United States. Here's a transcript of our conversation, which has been minimally edited for clarity.

North Coast Journal: To start, we're going to tap into your lawyerly past and ask you to give us a brief opening argument as to why it's time for the House to start impeachment proceedings.

Jared Huffman: The distinction that you just made is an important one — impeachment proceedings as opposed to just going straight to an impeachment vote. It would be a mistake, I think — and I say this even as someone who favors impeachment — to do what the Republicans did in 1998 and simply take a special counsel's report and rush right to the floor for a vote. That would be a disservice to the process, it would look a lot like a partisan power play and it's not going to happen that way.
What I do believe should happen is we should take these disparate inquiries and subpoena battles and investigations, and wrap them into a coherent context for the American people, because the truth is we are looking into the corruption issues and continuing to look at the counter intelligence stuff with Russia and the follow-up on the Mueller report issues and different things because they could potentially lead to impeachment. That is very much the backdrop to all this. I think bringing it into a coherent context as part of an official impeachment inquiry would help people understand that better.

Remainder of interview at: https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/the-case-for-impeachment/Content?oid=14406632

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. the money quote ...

"[W]e should take these disparate inquiries and subpoena battles and investigations, and wrap them into a coherent context for the American people[.]"

AKA, impeachment proceedings.

Let it begin, officially. It's past due and this country is suffering for the delay.

[mnhtnbb]

2. Yes, and the proceedings should be on TV

every day all day long. It should be almost impossible for people not to see or hear what 45 and his minions have done to this country. The Dems cannot wait for an already compromised election process to correct the problem. Impeachment proceedings need to begin NOW.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. K&R. Thank you, excellent piece. n/t

[Pachamama]

4. So proud to say this is my Representative!!!

[PufPuf23]

5. Jared Huffman is my rep as well.

My residence is Humboldt county.

Huffman is a good Democratic rep.

[ROB-ROX]

6. Simple So EVERYONE Can Understand.

There are many republicans who are BRAINWASHED which prevents them from understanding facts which require cognitive processes. I think the average republican drone just does as they are told bypassing the process of THINKING. If the impeachment facts are presented in a simple or elementary process maybe 30% of their herd may understand. I think these people are brain damaged and they only understand CRAZY ranting or primitive yelling which targets their BIG emotional gland (their stomach.)