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A congressional report Clinton helped pen during Watergate was later used to justify impeaching her husband. Now it's guiding Democrats angling to oust Trump.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/16/hillary-clinton-impeachment-memo-trump-228107
A document Hillary Clinton helped write nearly a half century ago has returned from the dead to threaten the man she couldnt vanquish in 2016.
The bizarre, only-in-D.C. twist centers on a congressional report penned by a bipartisan team of young attorneys that included Hillary before she was a Clinton and written in the throes of Watergate. Then, unlike now, not a single lawmaker had been alive the last time Congress impeached a president. They had little understanding of how to try and remove Richard Nixon from the White House. So they tapped Clinton and a team of ambitious staffers to dive into the history of impeachment, stretching back to the 14th century in England: How has impeachment been used? What were the justifications? Can we apply it to Nixon?
The resulting document became a centerpiece of the congressional push to drive the Republican president from office. But then Nixon resigned. The memo was buried.
That was just the reports first life.
In an ironic twist, the document was resurrected in the late 1990s. Republicans gleefully used it to bolster their unsuccessful bid to oust Clintons now-husband, President Bill Clinton. Then it faded from public conscience again.
Until now, that is. The 45-year-old report has become a handbook House Democratic lawmakers and aides say they are using to help determine whether they have the goods to mount a full-scale impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, the same man who three years ago upended Hillary Clintons bid for a return trip to the White House. Essentially, Clinton, albeit indirectly, might get one last shot at accomplishing what she couldnt in 2016 defeating Trump.
I can only say that the impeachment Gods have a great sense of humor, Alan Baron, an expert on the topic who has staffed four congressional impeachments against federal judges, said of the recurring role Hillary Clinton keeps playing in this story.
Here is the link to the actual document in PDF form:
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS FORPRESIDENTIAL'IMPEACHMENTREPORT BY THE STAFF OF THEIMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
https://ia801902.us.archive.org/14/items/constitutional_grounds_for_presidential_impeachment_-_house_judiciary_comm_staff_report_february_1974/constitutional_grounds_for_presidential_impeachment_-_house_judiciary_comm_staff_report_february_1974.pdf
Takket
(22,366 posts)they should make sure when they write the articles that right on the first page in big letters that Hillary and her team are mentioned as the basis for how the articles are written.
hlthe2b
(105,069 posts)Brainfodder
(7,119 posts)...and roll the credits!
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)riversedge
(72,040 posts)malaise
(275,486 posts)Off to the greatest page
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,147 posts)There are certain witnesses who really should be grilled by Hillary Clinton.
onetexan
(13,602 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,258 posts)I know math is hard, but Clinton winning by 3 million votes is pretty simple to grasp.
hlthe2b
(105,069 posts)remains "DELICIOUS!"
StevieM
(10,527 posts)Had it not been for Comey she would have destroyed Donald Trump.
cstanleytech
(26,809 posts)life in prison looking over his shoulder and the same goes for Mitch, Kavanaugh and the rest of the Repugnant filth.
StevieM
(10,527 posts)hlthe2b
(105,069 posts)take down? Talk about one hell of a schadenfreude potential. Enjoy the imagery.
Roy Rolling
(7,119 posts)History doesnt repeat itself but it does rhyme. Or something like that.