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inanna

(3,547 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:14 AM Jan 2017

At Least One Democratic Congressman Is Already Preparing to Impeach Donald Trump

January 18, 2017


Rep. Jamie Raskin says the president-elect's business dealings put him on a crash course with the Emoluments Clause.

Donald Trump won't be sworn into office for another 48 hours, and at least one Democratic congressman has already seen enough.

In a discussion with "Young Turks" reporter Eric Byler at the Bowie State University health care rally this weekend, newly elected Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) revealed that one of his first orders of business will be impeaching the president-elect.

"Right now it looks pretty obvious that he's on a collision course with the Emoluments Clause," he noted. "He has refused to divest himself of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of business interests he has around the world doing business with foreign governments."

As Raskin rightly observes, the Emoluments Clause is designed to inoculate the executive office from corrupting foreign influences.

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http://www.alternet.org/investigations/least-one-democratic-congressman-already-preparing-impeach-donald-trump

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At Least One Democratic Congressman Is Already Preparing to Impeach Donald Trump (Original Post) inanna Jan 2017 OP
IMO, impeaching Trump will only help the Republican party. StubbornThings Jan 2017 #1
I think the effort needs to be made in order to clarify the violations of the Constitution enough Jan 2017 #2
 

StubbornThings

(259 posts)
1. IMO, impeaching Trump will only help the Republican party.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:18 PM
Jan 2017

We need him to stick around until the end of his term.

It's not like it will be any better with Pence.

enough

(13,235 posts)
2. I think the effort needs to be made in order to clarify the violations of the Constitution
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:46 PM
Jan 2017

that will be happening. This can't be allowed to go on without some formal objection in congress.

No need to worry about Pence coming in. The republicans will never allow impeachment to actually happen.

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