Washington – Democrats are reluctant to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, but he may provoke such a move by continuing to obstruct Congress’ efforts to oversee his administration, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.
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Adam Schiff, chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, told ABC’s “This Week” that impeachment by the Democratic-run House would be politically divisive and unlikely to succeed in the Republican-run Senate.
“But he (Trump) may get us there,” Schiff said. “He certainly seems to be trying and maybe this is his perverse way of dividing us more … he thinks that’s to his political advantage, but it’s certainly not to the country’s advantage.”
Trump’s stonewalling of congressional probes of his administration does add weight to impeachment, Schiff told ABC. “But you know, part of our reluctance is we are already a bitterly divided country and an impeachment process will divide us further.”
Democrats have confronted the Republican president and his administration for refusing to cooperate with at least six separate congressional investigations of Trump, his turbulent presidency, his family and his business interests.
A Democratic-led House committee on Wednesday approved a measure to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to hand over an unredacted copy of the Mueller report on Russian election interference even as Trump invoked the legal principle of executive privilege to block its disclosure.
Democrats are divided over how far to take their investigations with some calling for impeachment proceedings and others backing continued investigations.
Republicans have accused Democrats of grandstanding for liberal voters. Some of Trump’s allies believe any impeachment effort could prove unpopular and him as he seeks re-election in 2020.
But even the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
Schiff reiterated his suggestion Sunday that Congress could levy fines of $25,000 a day on administration officials who refuse to cooperate with demands for witness appearances and documents in congressional investigations.
“Look, I think if you fine someone $25,000 a day to their person until they comply, it gets their attention. …I don’t know how many are going to want to take that risk for Donald Trump,” Schiff said.
All these Dems have over Trump is hate. They have judged him a criminal, and are now in hot pursuit to find a crime. Quoting Pelosi who is somewhere between senile and brain dead is actually comical. While their Hillary was undoubtedly guilty of major amounts of truly criminal behavior.
Meanwhile, our Democrat politicians are all worthy of impeachment. We sent them to Washington to legislate, not to conduct partisan witch hunts.
(Tea Party PAC) – We have been detailing extensively just how screwed the Deep State operatives who set up Donald Trump know they are as justice finally looms on the horizon.
Everything is slowly falling into place.
The Horowitz investigation is set to be concluded soon, Attorney General Bill Barr has made quite clear that he’s looking into allegations of spying on the part of the Obama administration into the 2016 Trump campaign, Democrats in Congress are left with little to do but hold Barr in contempt for obeying the law.
Figures like Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, James Clapper, and James Comey are popping up all over the media, making wild new accusations and desperately trying to distract from their own crimes.
The crimes we know full well they committed.
President Trump always promised to drain the swamp. We just never had any idea how much would have to take place before this would happen!
But the evidence is all out by now. In the course of the Russia investigation, we learned very little about any hint of collusion on the part of the Trump campaign with Russia, but boy did we learn a lot about what led to the investigation in the first place.
Schiff sounds incoherent as hatred drools from his mouth…. so impeach for the sake of the country for attempted obstruction…. go ahead we dare you… as it is you’ve only strengthened trump’s popularity mr pencil neck
Good luck you dumb dems. Go ahead and impeach.
You see you don’t get it . Pelosi keeps on saying this is a Nixon moment since Nixon also played with congress. But Nixon was never Exonarted from the main crime henece forth obstruction. Once you are exonarted from main crime obstruction is a weak crime . All you’ll do is energize the trump base
This is a riot! The president is living rent-free in the heads of these dummycrats! It bothers them so much. The Trump Derangement Syndrome is a phenomenon!
I hope,they do it! It will on,y give Trump an even bigger victory in 2020 than he’ll have with out it! Dems are too stupid for their own good! And they’re lucky they have a very low IQ following who,don’t understand what a ride they’re being taken on!