The Democrats, who don’t hold a majority in the Senate, appear reluctant to introduce articles of impeachment. Calls to impeach Donald Trump are growing…
The Democrats, who don’t hold a majority in the Senate, appear reluctant to introduce articles of impeachment.
Calls to impeach Donald Trump are growing following the release of the 448-page redacted Mueller report.
Although congressional Democrats including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and presidential hopefuls like Cory Booker have expressed reluctance to introduce impeachment proceedings against the president, legal experts, journalists and progressive Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have all concluded that there is more than enough evidence in the Mueller report to impeach Trump.
The reason for reluctance appears obvious. The Democrats, for so long waiting to see the results of the Mueller report, are concerned that a prolonged impeachment proceeding will not only hamper their stake for the presidency in 2020 but that it also will derail their chances of getting a majority in the Senate — at the moment controlled by the Republicans.
But legal experts and journalists contend that the Mueller report is more “damning” than Watergate or the Ken Starr report which was instrumental in bringing impeachment proceedings against the then-President Bill Clinton.
