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Judiciary panel releases report defining impeachable offenses | TheHill

posted onDecember 8, 2019
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Article snippet: The House Judiciary Committee on Saturday released a report explaining the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of MORE. The report comes after Speaker announced earlier in the week that the House would be moving forward with drafting formal articles of impeachment. The articles could be released and voted on as soon as this coming week. The report, titled "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment," was written by the committee's majority staff and describes impeachment as “the Constitution’s final answer to a President who mistakes himself for a monarch.” Additionally, it details the "history, purpose and meaning of the Constitution’s Impeachment Clause" and "addresses legal questions about the impeachment process and rebuts false claims about impeachment." Specifically, the report clarifies impeachment processes that had been scrutinized by GOP House lawmakers throughout the public committee hearings and addresses six issues of potential relevance: "The Framers' worst nightmare is what we are facing in this very moment," Judiciary Committee Chairman Judiciary Impeachment Process by M Mali on Scribd Updated: 12:45 p.m.  The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. Link to the full article to read more

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