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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's define our impeachment terminology.
Impeachment
Impeachment Inquiry
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Let's define our impeachment terminology. (Original Post)
elleng
Jun 2019
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Exactly.
The trial does not come before the investigation.
Impeachment is a process.
RainCaster
(10,914 posts)2. Terms to be engrained
Traitor: Donald Trump
Treasonous Son of a Bitch: DFT
Individual 1: the Orange Magoo
Normal every day: DFT sent something secret to the Russians
Old habits: Mr. Tiny Hands obstructs a shit ton of Justice every fuckin day
McTurtle: the Senate's Chief Enabler, also on Russian payroll
Twitter: DFT's sexual outlet
stillcool
(32,626 posts)3. this is a part that confuses me...
The process for opening an inquiry begins with a majority vote in committee - usually the Judiciary Committee. If the recommendation passes the committee, it is referred to the floor for a full House vote. The House then votes to approve the initiation of an inquiry. Usually the vote is to authorize the Judiciary Committee to open the inquiry, prescribes the scope and depth of the inquiry, and details the powers and authorities the committee shall have to conduct its investigation
the part where the scope and depth of the inquiry is decided. If there are not investigations being done on all the various committees, how will they know the scope and depth if they haven't taken the time to figure it out? I guess if impeachment is the goal, the crimes don't matter, because obstruction would be enough?