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kentuck

(111,072 posts)
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:51 PM Jun 2019

Regardless of Mueller Report, Trump should be charged with incompetence & malfeasance in office.

His many temporary appointments to "acting" positions, without any Senate confirmation, is nothing short of dereliction of duties and fsilure to follow the oath to our Constitution. It gives him control of these appointees, he otherwise might not have?

The Mueller Report is only a small portion of the charges against Donald Trump. He, and his family, have been using the office of the Presidency to enrich themselves. The emoluments clause is not just an inconvenient law that one can obey when he wishes. It is a very important part of our Costitution,

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Regardless of Mueller Report, Trump should be charged with incompetence & malfeasance in office. (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2019 OP
I have been talking about those murielm99 Jun 2019 #1
He is in direct contravention of his oath of office. Zoonart Jun 2019 #2
Incompetence, and "malfeasance" without any specific definition, are not crimes, but The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #3
Yup. trev Jun 2019 #4
I do not think he has the vaguest idea wendyb-NC Jun 2019 #5
Agreed 100% pandr32 Jun 2019 #10
He should be charged just for lying every day nt live love laugh Jun 2019 #6
Oh seriously...just vote the asshole out. Get that message out there, and continue to hammer it home OnDoutside Jun 2019 #7
Can he be impeached for being a fraud too? LiberalFighter Jun 2019 #8
+1. There's a much better chance of getting him with this, than Mueller's wishy-washy report. Hoyt Jun 2019 #9

murielm99

(30,730 posts)
1. I have been talking about those
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:54 PM
Jun 2019

"acting" positions for a while. We need to publicize this more. No one should be allowed to do this.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,659 posts)
3. Incompetence, and "malfeasance" without any specific definition, are not crimes, but
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:57 PM
Jun 2019

they are credible grounds for impeachment.

wendyb-NC

(3,319 posts)
5. I do not think he has the vaguest idea
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:00 PM
Jun 2019

of what being president is all about, nor does he care. It is about power and self enrichment.

pandr32

(11,574 posts)
10. Agreed 100%
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:30 PM
Jun 2019

Also, ego and to do what others have paid him for. Treason is nothing more than deal-making as far as he's concerned.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
9. +1. There's a much better chance of getting him with this, than Mueller's wishy-washy report.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:14 PM
Jun 2019


Don't have any problem piling on some of the Mueller report findings. But, at this point, Mueller should not be the basis/heart of actions against trump. Mueller purposely made it too difficult to use the conspiracy aspect, which makes Obstruction much more difficult to use in Impeachment.
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