The Trump Impeachment Thread

Quote: petroglyph

If hostility's get serious between the US and China and Trump decides the US will resurrect internment camps and decides to throw you in being part Chinese, will you still support the war machines decision?

Quote: petroglyph

Congress and the Pentagon are supposed to take direction from the people who pay for it, so we are supposed to have a voice about who we go to war with. I want to have a say in what my government does, surprised you don't.

Quote: terapined

I love how Judge Nap has to school Fox and friends on the law

Judge Napolitano Schools ‘Fox & Friends’ on Impeachment: Schiff Just ‘Following the Rules’ Written by GOP

https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-napolitano-schools-fox-and-friends-on-impeachment-adam-schiff-just-following-the-rules-written-by-gop?source=articles&via=rss

Quote: Gandler

Judge Napolitano is pretty balanced and non biased on most legal and procedural issues.

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The lucrative government contract, to provide security for federal courthouses and cell blocks, went to CertiPath, a Reston, Va.-based company that has since 2013 been owned in part by a firm linked to Robert S. Trump, the president’s younger brother.

After the contract was awarded, an anonymous rival bidder filed a complaint with the Justice Department’s office of the inspector general, alleging that CertiPath failed to disclose that “one of the President’s closest living relatives stood to benefit financially from the transaction,” according to a copy of the July 22 complaint letter obtained by The Washington Post.

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(2)(A)
Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee records (including hearings, data, charts, and files) shall be kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records of the member serving as its chair. Such records shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.

(B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than members of the Committee on Ethics, may not have access to the records of that committee respecting the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior permission of that committee.

Quote: fleaswatter

It looks like pencil neck shifty Schiff is breaking the House of Representative's rules concerning the availability of records to members of the House.

Schiff’s procedures violate the House rules on committee records

Here is the House rule:

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(2)(A)
Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee records (including hearings, data, charts, and files) shall be kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records of the member serving as its chair. Such records shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.

(B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than members of the Committee on Ethics, may not have access to the records of that committee respecting the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior permission of that committee.

The house rules can be found here: House Rules
The rule quoted above can be found on page 568 of the rules

Quote: Wizard (Oct 10)

Here are the latest odds from Betfair

Trump to be impeached in his first term: 67.8%
Trump to leave office during first term: 22.2%

As long as I'm there, here are the Democratic primary odds

Warren: 51.4%
Biden: 17.7%
Sanders: 4.2%
Harris: 3.6%
Yang (yeah!): 4.2%