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Laurence Tribe points to key difference in Clinton impeachment.
Tribe was one of those who was cautioning against demands for impeachment in the past, but he's changed his position since the report came out. Now he wants hearings to begin. PUBLIC hearings. They skipped that step in the Clinton impeachment.
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Laurence Tribe
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@tribelaw
.@RepRaskin just made a key point on MSNBC: The Clinton impeachment (for lying about a sex act, not undermining national security) skipped all public hearings and went straight to a vote. No wonder it was dead on arrival in the Senate. That’s not what people like me are urging!
A central focus of the impeachment hearings that need to begin without delay must be whether Donald Trump has betrayed his duty to protect our country as Commander in Chief. I believe he has — but only televised hearings will nail him & convince America.
Exactly. @AshaRangappa_ has it right. Impeachment hearings now? Yes. Voting to impeach now? No. Hearings first, voting after. But don’t pretend it’s just oversight as usual. That sends an awful signal not just to foreign countries but to everyone — including all future presidents.
Asha Rangappa
✔@AshaRangappa_
Congress not beginning impeachment hearings sends a double signal to foreign countries that they can interfere with our elections, and as long as the candidate wins he can obstruct any investigation into it and no one will do anything.
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@tribelaw
.@RepRaskin just made a key point on MSNBC: The Clinton impeachment (for lying about a sex act, not undermining national security) skipped all public hearings and went straight to a vote. No wonder it was dead on arrival in the Senate. That’s not what people like me are urging!
A central focus of the impeachment hearings that need to begin without delay must be whether Donald Trump has betrayed his duty to protect our country as Commander in Chief. I believe he has — but only televised hearings will nail him & convince America.
Exactly. @AshaRangappa_ has it right. Impeachment hearings now? Yes. Voting to impeach now? No. Hearings first, voting after. But don’t pretend it’s just oversight as usual. That sends an awful signal not just to foreign countries but to everyone — including all future presidents.
Asha Rangappa
✔@AshaRangappa_
Congress not beginning impeachment hearings sends a double signal to foreign countries that they can interfere with our elections, and as long as the candidate wins he can obstruct any investigation into it and no one will do anything.
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