Presidential historian Jon Meacham said Monday that he thinks impeachment will be the “season finale” to President Trump’s time in office.
Meacham told “Morning Joe” that Trump’s vow to ask the Justice Department to investigate whether the FBI spied on his campaign is similar to former President Nixon’s behavior ahead of firing special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and that his presidency is likely to end the same way as Nixon’s.
Meacham said that the midterm elections present a likely opportunity for Democrats to impeach Trump.
A majority vote in the House is required under the Constitution to impeach a president, which would be much more likely if Democrats retake the majority in this fall's midterm elections. Democratic leaders have been cautious in talking about impeachment, fearing it could become an election issue for Republicans to turn out their base of voters.
In the Senate, a two-thirds majority vote is needed to win a conviction on impeachment — a high bar even if Democrats have a slim majority in the Senate.
Nixon was not impeached, but resigned after being told an impeachment vote in the House was unavoidable and that he would likely be convicted in the Senate.
Former President Clinton was impeached by the House in 1998, but was acquitted by the Senate in early 1999.
Meacham said that Trump’s “obsession” with former President Obama and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton evokes Nixon.
“Both Nixon and Trump have an ongoing obsession with their former opponents in a way that I think shapes what they do in deleterious ways, to say the least,” Meacham said. “He was always obsessed with what President Kennedy had gotten away with, in his view, and remember, of course, that’s clearly true with President Trump.”
Trump said Sunday that he would ask the Justice Department to investigate whether the FBI under Obama surveilled his campaign, after claiming several times without evidence that there was an FBI informant embedded in his campaign.
The Justice Department asked its inspector general to look into Trump's claims.
“If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a statement.
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Presidential historian: Impeachment will be the 'season finale' of Trump
BY AVERY ANAPOL - 05/21/18 10:00 AM EDT
from cl and the ronnie re.......
Recently in Ramallah after touring the area with Bike Palestine. People kept asking my opinion of the donald and voicing their frustrations with his lack of respect for the Arab Counties and moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
In Bethlehem I had the opportunity to visit Dianna George Babish and her animal shelter and right nextdoor the Palestine Wildlife Society and Imad Qumsieh.
Just wanted to tell everyone about these two Palestinian heroes working to help the animals of this area.
If anyone has any suggestions for promotion or how to help these very hard working individuals please jump in with your ideas.......
here is a link to my story:
All of these dogs need homes and they are very lovely dogs, too.
Please spread the word and thank you for reading.
Thank you,
cl
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| Dianna and her friend Sabrina from Work-Away |
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| Imad Qumsieh |
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| The workers are very dedicated and some have worked without pay. |
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| Can you help my friends in Palestine......they need a home, too. |
