On 10/10/2019 01:28, jim bell wrote:
On Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 04:30:50 PM PDT, Peter Fairbrother
Was Trump REQURED to do what he did? No. Was Trump PROHIBITED to do what he did? I don't think so, either.
I think he was prohibited. Whether he had good or bad motives, whether there is a specific law against it or not, it's like Nixon sending the watergate burglars, especially if the investigation is linked to aid or treaties or whatever - improper use of office.
Instead, I think that this was simply a matter which Trump was ALLOWED to do. Now, if it had been utterly clear that there was no justification to investigate Hunter Biden, and Joe Biden as well, for a kind of influence-peddling bribery, then I might think that Trump did something wrong, But so far, it sure looks like these Bidens were indeed engaging in influence-peddling.
Suppose they were. Suppose they weren't. Suppose the investigation is proper. Suppose it is improper. You are trying to say the Bidens maybe did something wrong. But I don't care if they did. It doesn't matter. What matters is what Trump did. BTW, Biden's complaining (did Biden actually complain? I thought it was a CIA whistleblower..) probably didn't actually stop any investigation of him, likely the reverse. But again, I do not care what Biden did or did not do. Also, "impeachment" is by no means
limited to actions which are explicitly "illegal".
High Crimes and Misdemeanours? Sounds illegal as hell to me. Peter F