Freshman Democrats push for Justin Amash as an impeachment manager

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Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips is working with a group of other freshman Democrats to convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to draft Independent Rep. Justin Amash as an impeachment manager for the Senate trial, according to a source familiar with the matter

The impeachment inquiry into President Trump continues after the House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment last week.After a lengthy day of debating the two articles of impeachment against Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve both articles Friday. The vote fell on partisan lines: Democrats voted yes and Republicans voted no, with the exception of Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat who was absent because of illness.

Another 4% say Trump should be impeached but not removed, and 41% oppose impeachment altogether. Regardless of their views on impeachment, 53% of voters say Trump abused his power, 48% say he obstructed Congress and 45% say he committed bribery.Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a close ally of Trump, said he will do everything in his power to quickly end an expected impeachment trial in the Republican-led Senate.

 

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Justin Amash shipped alot of American jobs overseas, this POS disgusts me

Which goes to show Democrats are making this impeachment a farce.

Pick prosecutors to prosecute. 🙄

Amash argues with both Democrats and Republicans. Pelosi is not going for that.

Who cares? Bills

SpeakerPelosi Don’t do it-justinamash sounds good but he is still a REPUBLICAN. They are corrupt KochCabal actors not to be trusted.

Nothing more than a distraction.

FactsFirst That might not go over well with his constituents and is unlikely. After Amash Dumped Trump, His District May Do Same to Him …

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