The sign for Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. By Jeffrey A. Engel Jeffrey A. Engel is director of Southern Methodist University’s Center for Presidential History and co-author of"Impeachment: An American History." The views here are his own. April 15 at 6:00 AM The Constitution’s authors wouldn’t have needed any summary of the special counsel’s report to know it was time to impeach the president.
Our first president risked everything for American independence, including business opportunities, cherished time with his family and a certain date with a hangman’s noose if ever captured once duty called him to command in 1775. He would not see home again for six years, nor return for another two years after that. When he did arrive home, he hoped this time it would be for good.
This willingness to put country before self is why Washington’s presence lent legitimacy to the controversial convention, why delegates immediately voted him the presiding chair and why they ultimately designed the presidency with him in mind. Put simply, they trusted him and knew he would put America first.
That pesky phrase, “high crimes and misdemeanors” has befuddled Americans ever since. It shouldn’t. The Constitution’s authors understood that impeachable treachery need not, in fact, be a literal crime at all, but rather a demonstration that a president’s presence harmed the body politic, the people, either through maliciousness or selfishness.
Trump has been accused of each of the aforementioned misdeeds. After nearly three years of investigation, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report “does not conclude that the President committed a crime,” but “it also does not exonerate him,” according to the summary by Attorney General William P. Barr. Trump’s allies claimed victory. He claimed “complete and total exoneration” and later declared, “I won.
And with that, he misses the presidency’s entire point, at least as the founders conceived of it. Sacrifice lay at the heart of virtue, and a leader incapable of understanding the difference could in no way be trusted with high office. One who would not sacrifice even for the chance to serve was one who could never be truly virtuous.
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It always boils down to Democrats want Hillery And Republicans want Trump Impeachment was always a Democrat thing Yes 'some' Republicans wanted him impeached(personally I think they are Democrats at heart). The whole business is sad. I always hated poitics. Brings out the worst..
Thank you, jeffreyaengel, for reminding us that the President's corruption is plainly obvious, and that a Congress that put the good of the nation ahead of personal gain would have impeached him long ago.
Does the mean that the Post does not want to be confused with the facts?
WAPO,,AGAIN YOU HAVE NO IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE. you look like fools.. PS..there was no deep THROAT. The boys made him.up..
Each copy of Mueller report handed out to Democrats will be color coded, crayons, cookies and milk included.
Need2Impeach Tell that to the no brain republicans in the Senate.
Here is a Prospective for you. The WP is a trash news organization who is a puppet to the DNC and Owned by a man who pays low wages and has his employees living out of there cars. That’s what the WP wants. Two classes in America. Poor and elitist. That’s why they hate Trump.
STUPID PERSPECTIVE. study the criteria for impeachment.
You'd think so. Except for Namby pamby Chuck and Do Nothing Nancy. Hand-wringing and tweeting gets NOTHING DONE!
Distorted, self serving perspective.
'No matter what the Mueller report says'. Seriously? Then we'd rely on some other impartial investigation right? What would that be?
Need2Impeach Hell yes! It's obvious he should be IMPEACHED he's a disgrace! WTF are we waiting for? impeachTrump ImpeachTrumpNow !!!
Given the damage Progressivism does to anyone living under its tenets, it should be a no brainer to impeach any progressive POTUS on day 1.
Need2Impeach AMEN! ImpeachTheMFTraitor
Is Washington post promoting Impeachment?
Agreed. He's done far more that's impeachable than just what Mueller was looking at.
WaPo should be investigated for all their classified leaks.
You cannot impeach just because he was DULY ELECTED Hillary lost & all the swamp is afraid of going to jail. Did PODESTA write this crap. to keep the uninformed of PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.? Stop lying t o LOW IQ people
How can anyone take you seriously as a source of information, with a Headline like that. What a joke you have became! Agenda Base Propaganda is not Journalism, People should question everything you print!
Impeachment? For what? Winning an election against the wishes of leftists and their media propagandists? Your coup attempt has failed miserably. Stop the nonsense.
Yea and the sooner the better before he destroys these precious freedom loving United States of America.
lavenderblue27 Perhaps SpeakerPelosi not seeking impeachment might be the smartest move. For allowing the GOP to show their true selves will abolish this party and make the Dems. stronger.
Please be patient. The reason why it's taking so long is there are a shitload or crimes to redact. Re: MullerReport
LOL... crazy, dumb article. 😂
What a rag.
Here’s WP inciting racism and hatred
You won’t exist in 3 years.
Katherine Graham & Ben Bradlee are somewhere shaking their heads, wondering what the hell happened to their beloved Post.
Impeach him for what You people are seriously deranged
Need2Impeach Yes! ImpeachTheMFTraitor
Need2Impeach Impeachment makes Drumpf a political martyr. He needs to lose an election badly to be sent packing!!!
Need2Impeach YES . Trump DESERVES to face IMPEACHMENT. The American people want him held accountable !
Need2Impeach realDonaldTrump seems untouchable. He has surrounded himself with a wall of loyal accomplices who will go to any lengths to protect & defend him. Just like Adolf Hitler did. History is repeating. These are evil times in our beloved nation! He’s the prince of darkness foretold.
Need2Impeach Agree. There are at least a dozen reasons to impeach this president right now, and growing. Time to act!
Need2Impeach After the redactions, it should be called the Barr Report
🇺🇸President Trump 2020!🇺🇸
Fake news
impeachtrump just do it!
But Jeff Bezos Tho' ... 😆😆😆😆
Opinion : Perspective : Analysis :
🤢 Poor guy. You’re sick with TDS. 🤧 Feel better.
so cringy. still trying to 'impeach' a guy just because you're bitter and ruined that he beat you.
Delavegalaw If not solid facts and lots of them it would be a loosing battle. Need facts first
lol ok
Voice of the Deep State.... WP.
without the votes in the senate, this would be a loss. simple as that. Then the loss would be used as a campaign driver of trump winning... the speaker understands how this works and her judgement so far has been on the money.
Pelosi is against it
Dan Bongino: With the exception of FISA surveillance warrants, foreign & domestic spies employed to spy on the Trump team, the use of National Security Letters, record numbers of unmaskings,& the use of foreign intelligence to spy on the Trump team, there’s no evidence of spying
TRUMP HAS OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE, INSISTED THOSE WHO WOULD BREAK THE LAW ON HIS BEHALF..GETS A PARDON...WTH? TREASONOUS CRAPIMPEACH TRUMP NOW. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! IMPEACH!!
............No. Just, No.
If Bill Clinton could be impeached for a consensual blow job, Trump can certainly be impeached for his crimes and treason. MondayMorning MondayMotivation mondaythoughts
He as been violating the emoluments clause ever since his inauguration, and his flip flopping rants on twitter are not the rants of a man who is all there mentally.
“Screw due process, we didn’t get our way and we’re still throwing a fit about losing in 2016”
So the whole world could be on Fire, And you dipshits are talking impeachment. NotreDame
'should be' being the key words. Speaker Pelosi is still right that it's not worth doing without bipartisan consensus.
That's what the bimbos and sausage smokers for the post think? Lol.
Subverting democracy WP has gone Pravda....
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