Reply #18: MAINE: Two Democratic Congressional Candidates back impeachment hearing [View All]

[L. Coyote]

Candidates back impeachment hearing
Portland Press Herald Staff Report January 04, 2008
PORTLAND — http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/020386.html


Two Democratic congressional candidates from southern Maine are applauding Rep. Mike Michaud for calling for impeachment hearings on Vice President Dick Cheney.

In a letter sent last month, Michaud, D-Maine, urged House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers to schedule impeachment hearings before the end of current congressional session. The letter cited “serious allegations” that the vice president played a role in mischaracterizing prewar intelligence, outing CIA agent Valerie Plame, and abusing detainees, among other issues.

Michaud’s call is being echoed by state Sen. Ethan Strimling and York County District Attorney Mark Lawrence, both of whom are Democratic candidates for Congress.

“We need an investigation into the abuses of this administration, and there are many of them,” Strimling said in a statement, “and impeachment hearings will provide an opportunity to get facts on the table.”

Lawrence said in a press release: “If Congress does not act to hold our leaders accountable, their unprecedented expansion of executive power will become a dangerous precedent.”

Both Strimling and Lawrence have previously stated their support for impeachment proceedings ..........