How to run an impeachment investigation the republican way.

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  1. btthegreat

    btthegreat Well-Known Member

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    There is no special counsel, no Watergate report, no preliminary investigation this time. So here the House has to fulfill the role of investigating the crimes and indicting the suspect, before they take on the task of prosecutors in the Senate Proceeding. Our Trumpster buddies have some new reforms in mind that remind me of how my Dad used to work with the sheriff's office before the cases even landed on his desk and how he ran that DA's office.

    I know that the police'sheriff's departments and DA's offices are chock full of votes on which cases to investigate and which ones to lie dormant. I know that when my dad was a DA, The sheriff was tallying votes all the time amongst the his staff before they even went to a crime scene or interviewed witnesses to make sure there was a consensus about possible guilt beforehand.

    I know the sheriff wanted full transparency in testimony too. He would interview a witness. Then he provided a transcript for the local paper and demand they print it, then interview another witness and provide another transcript so that everyone all over the town knew exactly what was said inside that interrogation room. When my Dad and the other DA's were prepping for trial, they insisted that their prep was covered by the local tv station so all the voters in the district could see how these witnesses were doing and understand the tactics before trial. the Prosecutors were constantly getting useful feedback from constituants who watched the witness prep and the drafting of the indictments and pretrial motions.

    Some great ideas on how to democratize this process and more ideas on how to run a 'transparent' investigation. Don't know why we haven't been doing this all over the country all along
     
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    Maybe just maybe impeachment was intended for more flagrant crimes that really don't need investigation..
     
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    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Uh no
     
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    Uhh how come?
     
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    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Let’s start here...
    What would be a “flagrant” crime that requires no invesigation?
     
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    HB Surfer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yep.... and to be done only if so flagrant that it cannot wait until the next election. This is not the case. This is just Democrats abusing the system, because they lost the election.
     
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    Goid question. Maybe lying about having a sexual relationship with an intern .

    Maybe breaking and entering
     
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    Both of which were uncovered by investigations
     
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    Looks like Pelosi says they will not have a vote..... she has tricked the haters once again!
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    ....and to think the dems are the ones liberals are counting on to deliver their utopian society! lolz indeed!
     
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    Both of which were uncovered before the investigation.

    What we are talking about here is a conversation between two people which has subjective meanings and congress is using it to go fishing.. vastly different than Clinton.
     
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    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Lol no they weren’t! Both were uncovered by long investigations.
    And this goes way beyond just a conversation lol are you serious?
     
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    Do you know what a Grand Jury is ?

    Impeachment follows a process designed by the founding fathers. Even though it is a political process, it still has a process. Once that political process starts, it has legally binding results. Their is sill a burdon of proof so I'm not sure how you can just assign guilt for anything based on your consideration of "flagrant" ?
     
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    Not exactly.
    Linda Tripp had all the goods.
    She had recorded phone calls with Lewinsky detailing the affair
    Then she found out that Lewinsky had a sworn affidavit that therr was no relationship.. she gave that over to Ken Star.

    Solid evidence before the investigation even started..

    What we have here is basically no evidence and a fishing expedition..
     
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    Well, if you can't come up with one, that would be your problem, not ours.
     
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    But he wasn’t impeached for the relationship.
    Here we have an urgent and credible WB report that lead to multiple trump appointments to ask for a criminal invesigation!
     
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    Other than raping someone on TV, very few crimes don’t require an investigation
     
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    Hearsay is never credible, worse yet anonymous hearsay. Only verifiable evidence is credible, and you have no verifiable evidence of a high crime. In fact, the only evidence we do have is the transcript itself, and it shows no evidence of a high crime. Case closed.
     
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    That’s the purpose of the inquiry. And we also have text messages, trumps public confessions, and we’re still gathering testimony and docs
     
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    ROFL! You don't have a credible WB report. The ******* went to Schiff first. He has verifiable errors in the report. He has FAKE NEWS in his report. He has hearsay in his report.
     
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    An inquiry without a vote to inquire, and without evidence to investigate is an abuse of power; not an inquiry.
     
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    He didn’t speak to Schiff. And trumps own IG and DNI said it was urgent and credible.
    It’s ok, because the inquiry will get to the bottom of it.
     
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    Congress already has oversight authority. How do you think they got hillary to testify for 700 hours lol
     
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    He went right to Sciff's team first. That's not the move of a real Whistle Blower. He's a scumbag leftist partisan with ties to Joe Biden. It's funny to watch you all in... yet again. It's so weird to sane people... doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
     
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    Lol the same ties to Biden that he has to trump.
    So you want only WBs who are loyal to the president? Is that how the law should work??
     
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    Requesting a foreign nation investigate a political rival? That seems a little flagrant to me.
     
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