Schumer's Complaint About the Impeachment Trial

January 21, 2020 4:03pm

Democrats are complaining via Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that the impeachment in the Senate is a trial with "no evidence, no existing record, no witnesses, no documents"

It's actually worse than that. It is a trial with no crime!

For what high crimes and misdemeanors was Trump impeached? Treason? Nope. Bribery? Nope. Extortion? Nope. Obstruction of justice? Nope. Quid-pro-quo? Nope. Fraud? Nope. Colluding with Russia? Nope. Cheating in the 2016 election? Nope. Violating the emoluments clause? Nope. Democrats have accused him of committing all those offenses. Yet not one of those was included in the Articles of Impeachment. Why not? Because they didn't happen.

Instead, Congress charged President Trump with "Abuse of Power" - a nebulous term that simply means "policy differences" and with "Obstruction of Congress," which is a non-existent crime conjured up by the Democrats.

The real abuse of power in this sordid affair is the Democrats attempting to use the impeachment process to do what the Constitution forbids - the recall of a duly-elected President due to partisan differences of opinion. It's disgraceful.