Small but Growing: Republicans call for Independent Investigation, Possible Impeachment
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[quote][B]A small but growing number of U.S. President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans called on Wednesday for an independent probe of possible collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia, and one even mentioned impeachment, spurred by a memo from the fired FBI chief that Trump tried to impede the agency's investigation.[/B]
The tumult in Washington deepened over allegations Trump had sought to end the FBI's investigation into ties between Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and Russia.
U.S. stocks were on track for their worst day in almost two months and the dollar dropped as investors fled risky assets amid uncertainty about the president's ability to deliver on tax and regulatory changes. Prices of bonds, regarded as a safe haven in times of market turbulence, rallied.
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan insisted the Republican legislative agenda was not becoming paralyzed.
[B]James Comey, whose firing as FBI director last week triggered a political firestorm, wrote a memo detailing Trump's comments to him in February saying "I hope you can let this go," referring to the Flynn probe, a source who has seen a memo written by Comey said on Tuesday.[/B][/quote]
[quote][B]Asked by reporters whether he thought the allegations against Trump were grounds for impeachment, Republican Representative Justin Amash said, [U]"If the allegations are true, yes.[/U] But everybody in this country gets a fair trial, including the president or anyone else."[/B]
Amash is a member of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus who has already has called for an independent commission to investigate. Asked if he trusted Comey or Trump, Amash replied: "I think it’s pretty clear I have confidence in Director Comey."[/quote]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKCN18D1XT[/url]
Good to see a confirmation of the fact that Trump's support base, precarious as it is, is beginning to erode slowly but surely, and that many representatives are withdrawing from partisanship to focus on the country as a whole.
Lets hope the rest of the whple lot can grow some spines when the time comes. Something tells me that even with a rock solid case, our Congress is hardly in position to be relied upon to make the right choice...
Id say dont expect anything to around midterms. History repeats itself, the party let Nixon's shit slide until midterms when they realized he was taking the party out with him
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;52241180]Good to see a confirmation of the fact that Trump's support base, precarious as it is, is beginning to erode slowly but surely, and that many representatives are withdrawing from partisanship to focus on the country as a whole.[/QUOTE]
I'll be honest and wager it's less about fighting for the country and more about keeping up appearances to save their own arses.
That said, this is a good development, and I dearly hope something will come of it.
Somethings got to give
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