Will Trump Be Impeached in 2018? Here Are The Odds

[DonViejo]

WILL TRUMP BE IMPEACHED IN 2018? HERE'S WHAT THE ODDS SAY

BY JESSICA KWONG ON 12/22/17 AT 8:40 AM

President Donald Trump's critics have discussed impeachment for a myriad of reasons, from sexual misconduct allegations to the investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia in the presidential election, to his business interests. While attempts in the House failed this year, 2018 could be different.

Participants in a question on real-money prediction website PredictIt on Thursday gave an 18 percent chance that Trump would be impeached by the end of next year. The percentage on the site, which allows users to make and trade predictions on the future, has been level for the past 90 days, dipping above and below 20 percent. The percentage could rise next year based on a number of factors.

On Wednesday, Representative Jerrold Nadler won the Democratic spot on the House Judiciary Committee vacated by Representative John Conyers by claiming that his decades of experience with constitutional law made him the most qualified member to "hold the Trump Administration accountable for its destructive policies and unprecedented misconduct."

If Democrats win back the House of Representatives next year, Nadler would be poised to lead the committee that would play an outsized role in any impeachment proceeding.

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[lapfog_1]

1. won't be impeached in 2018

he could be in 2019. After Dems retake the House.

But I'm not hopeful that he will be convicted and removed by the Senate.

[dalton99a]

2. Donald Trump is a walking billboard for impeachment

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. I think he survives his term with a few cronies

Getting fined.

But most people come to senses and a Democratic president elected in 2020

[member12]

4. Trump will be impeached

Maybe not 2018, but definitely before 2020.

[JDC]

5. He would work a deal to resign. It's the only deal he knows how to do

Run when the heat gets to be too much. 6 bankruptcies- SIX -and failure after failure in everything he touches. He'll maintain his pomp afterwards talking about all the good things he did and could have done if the establishment would have let him, blah blah blah. Faux News will give him airtime and The Donald will live to fight another day as the TV ex-pResident.

[dalton99a]

7. No mere "ex-president". He'll do an executive order declaring himself President Emeritus

or some grandiose title. Heck, the GOP Congress might pass a resolution to create a special title for him.

[Javaman]

6. I would rather have a conviction than an impeachment.

but nothing will happen until we take back congress.