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There is a Political Case for Impeachment. Democrat Leaders just need to see it
Democrats should look to the Senate cycle of 2020 if they need to see a political argument
Last week, Dan Pfeiffer, former Spokesman to Al Gore and Senior Advisor to Barack Obama (and co-host of Pod Save America), wrote a piece detailing to the Democrats a plan to win the impeachment fight. Currently, for reasons I do not fully accept anymore, Nancy Pelosi is opting for a slow and steady approach to the ‘i word’. In the meantime the demands of multiple Congressional Committees are getting ignored on her watch as if they are irritating school children, not an essential, lawful part of government.
By now then, the Constitutional argument has surely been sown up in Pelosi’s mind. In fact, only yesterday, the New York Times produced a really great piece on what exactly the Articles of Impeachment against Trump could look like, using Nixon’s and Clinton’s as a blueprint.
While the NYT piece is forensic, primarily focusing on the Mueller Report and the subsequent unlawful actions of the administration, namely, ‘withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative employees of the United States, including congressional committees’. Dan’s piece, drawing on his…