Impeachment? Why not start with Barr for lying to Congress?

[Stinky The Clown]

It will hurt Trump in several ways, not the least of which is giving more credence to the criminal aspects of the Mueller report.

It will give the Dems a win, even if it fails in the Senate (where it might actually NOT fail).

It will mollify somewhat some of the more strident impeachment hawks.

It will make great TV.

Most of all, in this case, impeachment IS the right thing to do.

[lordsummerisle]

1. k&r n/t

[marylandblue]

2. Yes, that's what they should do. Indirect attack is best.

[spooky3]

3. LOD reported that Chris Van Hollen is calling for his resignation

Because of his “misleading” the Senate and the public when he testified that he didn’t know whether Mueller agreed with his characterization of the report.

[crazytown]

4. Moreover, having a real Attorney General might be a real asset

when the House moves into the principal hearings.

[pnwmom]

5. Absolutely. n/t

[coti]

6. Blast that lightning rod nt

[we can do it]

7. Works for me.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. ...

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Had the same thought

An indirect attack that Pelosi et al can get behind. Barr clearly lied to Congress (VanHollen in the Senate and Christ in the House), a much easier charge to prove and prosecute.

[mopinko]

10. been saying that since the report came out.

take that impeachment machine out for a little spin.
show it off to the people.
remind them how it works.

and, oh yeah, get ahold of a lot of the same evidence that will sink spanky.

[TomSlick]

11. Yeah, I'm in.

Barr perjured himself before Congress. That ought to draw the necessary GOP votes in the Senate.

[3Hotdogs]

12. Settle down. Ain't nobody gonna be impeached for nothin'.

Dems in both houses don't have the balls for it.

--- and yes. You can quote me on it.

[TwilightZone]

13. Dems in the Senate would vote to convict.

Your assertion about "both houses" is ludicrous.

As for the House, that remains to be seen.

[3Hotdogs]

14. Most senate dems would vote for conviction. Some, in purple districts would not.

[cstanleytech]

15. Would it be better to get Barr disbarred first though? That would be a major blow to both Barr and

Trump and they cannot use their Senate majority to stop it.

[Hortensis]

16. Maybe we will. It seems an obvious course both

in upholding the rule of law and in progression toward the eventual end and also as a political step to help the public to understand this is real.

[DeminPennswoods]

17. All good points

Dems could probably learn a lot, too.

I think there are GOP senators like Toomey, who always has his finger to the wind, and ones in re-election battles like Gardener, McSally, Tillis, Collins and self-righteous ones like Romney and "independent" thinkers like Sasse who just might vote to impeach Barr.