Time to impeach

On MSNBC’s “All In” with Chris Hayes, [November 29, 2018,] Georgetown University constitutional law professor Neal Katyal said Thursday night that the latest revelations may leave Democrats no choice.

“Even if the Democrats don’t want to do it – impeachment — they almost are going to have to look at it very, very seriously now,” he said.

Katyal said the fact that Russian officials knew Trump was lying when he denied contacts with them gave them leverage over him. “We as Americans are only learning about it today, but the Russians have known about it for two years,” Katyal said. “This is a matter about the national security of the United States.”

Katyal is right, lawyer and Harper’s Magazine contributor Scott Horton wrote on Facebook:

The question of impeachment process is not about what is politically convenient, but what is constitutionally required. The developments of the last 72 hours suggest that the House will need to take up the issue of impeachment and convene hearings to review the possible charges and facts … even if a conviction in the senate seems politically blocked. I am not sure where this process leads, but I no longer see its initiation as avoidable.

  White House Watch

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