To ignore a President’s repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country, and it would suggest that both the current and future Presidents would be free to abuse their power in similar ways.
Their ABC reports that Mueller report vindicates Hillary Clinton
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Vindication for Hillary?
In which universe?
Hillary and her campaign paid for the Steele dossier - the pretext for the issuance of FISA court warrants against US citizens.
Hillary and her campaign invented the collusion allegation - a false allegation against Trump.
So why the silence from Hillary?
Because now the investigative focus turns to the source of the collusion hoax.
Et tu Mrs Clinton?
One of the notable aspects of the Mueller report is just how deeply involved Russian operatives were in making sure that Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election.
And yet, in the days since a redacted version of the report was issued, Ms Clinton herself has been nearly silent, and there's been little talk among Democrats of avenging the wrong done to her.
Is impeachment the next step for Mr Trump?
Instead, the main discussion has been about the next steps to take against Mr Trump.
Despite the effort by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to dismiss impeachment as an option, some believe that's the path that Democrats in Congress should take.
Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Senator, became the first Democratic presidential candidate to call for impeachment hearings.
"I read the Mueller report. When I got to the end, I realised this is a point of principle," Senator Warren said.
"Because it matters not just for this President, but for all future presidents. No one is above the law."
Elizabeth Warren✔@ewarrenThe severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States.
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Legal scholar Lawrence Tribe joined her call, saying, "postponing impeachment hearings no longer makes sense."
"That it'd be unprincipled is clear enough. But it'd be politically unwise as well: To quote Shakespeare, 'We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures'."