The United States House of Representatives, pursuant to the exclusive
authority granted to it in Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of
the United States hereby specifies the following Articles of Impeachment
of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,
Resolved:
Article
I: The President of the United States, did, through his agents and
associates, condone, encourage, and cooperate in an espionage operation
conducted by a foreign power that intended to illegally influence the
2016 presidential election using electronic means and the theft of
confidential electronic communications of the opposing political party
and its candidate for the office of President; in that he failed to
inform the government of the United States of knowledge of the
operation's existence, provided useful polling data to and communicated with representatives of the foreign
power, and expressed interest in using the illegally intercepted
communications obtained by said espionage operation to the detriment of
his political opponent in a federal election, thereby compromising national security.
TO BE CONTINUED*....
*Other Articles will be posted periodically. The content of this Article I was influenced by a post at Politico.com concerning the prosecution of FBI agent Richard Miller, by then Assistant US Attorney Adam Schiff. Now House Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff became very familiar with Russian espionage tradecraft and FBI counter-intelligence methods during the prosecution. Miller became the first FBI agent in the bureau's history to be convicted of spying. These Articles are based on what is currently publicly known and of public record. Portions of the redacted Mueller report concerning former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who is awaiting sentencing was ordered by the presiding judge to be released to the public.
Update: Former members of FBI counterintelligence and a former federal prosecutor and staunch conservative testified before the House Intelligence Committee today that Don the Duck has "made himself beholding to Putin" by taking a meeting with Russian operatives. As one witness said, “If you can be compromised
based on your dishonesty about something, that’s something a foreign
intelligence agency can take advantage of.” its clear at this point that most 'Mericans have not read Mueller's opus magnus and that includes Congresspersons.; Chairman Schiff told the audience, “For
those who have not yet read the Mueller report, and most have not, they
might be astonished to learn that a finding of no collusion, much less a
finding of no obstruction, is nowhere to be seen on any page or in any
passage of the Mueller report.” This is all fine and good, but someone has got to tell Nancy that if the Democrats want the public's attention, they have to begin impeachment hearings otherwise the moment will be lost. William Barr's civil contempt citation was such a non-story, in fact, that neither CNN or the New York Times bothered to mention the vote in their daily news roundups. "Fake impeachment" is not cutting it, and gambling on an election win to remove the Duck is just too risky because the downside--4 more years of a reality-TV dictator--is just too costly for the republic.
More: House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed former national security advisor Michael Flynn and former campaign deputy, Richard Gates. Both cooperated with Mueller's investigation, but Chairman Schiff says they have yet to do so with the House investigations. The subpoenas were issued the same day Don Veto made an stunning admission that he would accept political dirt on an opponent if offered to him by a foreign power. This irresponsible and dangerous statement made to an ABC television reporter during an interview confirms his motivation to do again what he did previously with Russian operatives--cooperate with foreign agents interfering in the US election process. Nancy Pelosi thinks, and probably rightly so, that the neurotic narcissist that sits in the Room Without Corners has a desperate desire to seek attention regardless of the consequences. His pathetic defense of the statement confused his role as head of state with a political candidate seeking advantage in a domestic election. An impeachment trail would undoubtedly focus constant media attention on this sociopathic personality, thereby feeding his pathological need. But that sickness is no reason to endanger the Republic by allowing an amateur to continue to abuse the office. A majority of Democrats on the Judiciary Committee now support beginning an impeachment inquiry; it is the only body in the House of Representatives with authority to do so. Impeachment now, before its too for 'Merica. James Madison, the principal author of the Constitution observed in debate on the Impeachment Power that the power was indispensable since imitation of the period of service, was not a sufficient security because he might betray his trust to foreign powers. Wake up, Nancy, history has found you--don't let your real estate empire get in the way! Correction: The Speaker and her husband are worth an estimated $120 million