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| Trump pardoning himself can lead to impeachment: Analyst |
| 2018-06-05 |
| [PRESSTV] Any attempt by US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... to pardon himself from any charges stemming from his alleged collusion with Russia in the 2016 US presidential election can lead to his impeachment by Congress and would be a "public relations disaster," an American writer and researcher in Washington says. Sequence: Impeachment by the House, conviction by the Senate. Article 2.4: "The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors." Article 2.2: The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. That's pretty straightforward. If he were to be impeached, he'd be constrained by pardoning himself. There's no prohibition against a successor doing it, witness the pardon of Jack Johnson, long dead and in his grave. A hundred years or so from now, expect Clinton to be pardoned. "There is speculation that if Trump attempted to pardon himself, this act could lead to impeachment proceedings; it would also likely be a public relations disaster for Trump," Walt Peretto said during an interview with Press TV on Monday. "If Trump was able to pardon himself and the whole issue just went away---the corporate mainstream media would suddenly be void of it's biggest news distraction in the last year and a half. Virtually every weekday evening on stations like MSNBC --- the time slots are filled to the brim with the so-called Russiagate investigation. Each days events regarding this story is scrutinized to the most minute detail while more relevant news and information is systematically ignored," Peretto said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "If Trump was able to pardon himself and the whole issue just went away---the corporate mainstream media would suddenly be void of it's biggest news distraction in the last year and a half." That seems a bit naive. They'd have a decades worth of frothing over a pardon. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-06-05 16:12 |
| #7 ...just guts, as the previous 6 years before him showed which were lacking. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-05 16:11 |
| #6 Trump's name staring with a 'T' and ending with 'rump' can lead to impeachment. Impeachment and conviction are purely political, if the necessary majorities and Congress want the President gone, he is gone. No judicial review or recourse. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-06-05 14:32 |
| #5 Congress is the only body that can impeach Trump. That's not going to happen unless the Dems win Congressional elections or unless Rinos and Dems unite. Besides, what impeachable crimes have been committed? Mueller's activities fall under the DOJ which falls under the Exective Branch. Trump can fire anyone in the Exective Branch for cause or no cause at all--at least that's how it is supposed to work. Insideously, like a cancer, the deep state and fourth branch of goverment has been created and metastasized. It has become an albatross around our necks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-06-05 10:10 |
| #4 No, he plays the Deep State leaking game with his allies in the Legacy Infotainment Enterprises. That's it - as soon as I heard about the 'revelation' of Trump's response (in January) to Mueller a few days ago, the first thing I thought about was 'Mueller leaked again'. My only question was 'why the long delay?', since it didn't have the impact that other |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-06-05 08:04 |
| #3 Henever talks to anyone outside the walls of his office. He is as quite as a mouse during all of this. No, he plays the Deep State leaking game with his allies in the Legacy Infotainment Enterprises. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-05 06:34 |
| #2 Mueller lives behind an iron curtain. He never says anything publicly. He never talks to anyone outside the walls of his office. He is as quite as a mouse during all of this. He keeps his thoughts to himself. He keeps everyone in the dark about everything. The only communications is via formal court filings. When the VP tells him to wrap it up, he says nothing. When Congressional committees hold hearings and then says there was no collusion, he says nothing. When Guilliani says we will fight you in court he says nothing. A martial arts instructor once told his class "The big mouth in the gang is the fool, the guy in the gang you want to be wary of is the quite one." Someone needs to drag Mueller before Congress and start telling him to respond for the record. Only then will he have to admit that he has nothing and this witch hunt ends. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-06-05 01:25 |
| #1 Translation: "Nothing has worked so far. Maybe we can bait him into doing something stupid. The 500th time's the charm!" |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2018-06-05 01:08 |