11-04-2019, 05:24 PM
(11-04-2019, 05:07 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Honestly, the legality argument matters little. The questions regarding legality of executive actions are moot because (1) a sitting POTUS cannot currently be indicted under guidance from a (questionable) DoJ memo and (2) almost all of our criminal code is not intended to apply to the executive in these capacities. The question of impeachment is not a legal one, but a political one. Abuses of power (which is what high crimes and misdemeanors are all about) aren't usually illegal. By continually talking about the legality of Trump's actions we fall into the misdirection being laid out by the GOP in their propagandist efforts to control the narrative.
Constantly doing illegal shit that will get you indicted after you leave office is an abuse of power.
