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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchiff downplays impeachment, says that at this point, Trump is only leaving 'by being voted out'
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Schiff-downplays-impeachment-says-that-at-this-14129859.phpHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Thursday sharply downplayed the prospects of removing President Donald Trump from office through impeachment, saying the only way he's leaving office, at this point, is "by being voted out."
Schiff's comments came a day after former special counsel Robert Mueller appeared at back-to-back hearings, including one at which Schiff presided, and offered no blockbuster revelations about his investigation into Russian election interference and Trump's possible obstruction of justice.
"We do need to be realistic, and that is, the only way he's leaving office, at least at this point, is by being voted out, and I think our efforts need to be made in every respect to make sure we turn out our people," Schiff said during an interview on CNN. "Should we put the country through an impeachment? I haven't been convinced yet that we should. Going through that kind of momentous and disruptive experience for the country, I think, is not something we go into lightly."
More than 90 House Democrats have publicly called for the launch of impeachment proceedings against Trump, and some in the party had hoped Mueller's testimony would lead to a fresh groundswell of support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has continued to resist the effort.
Schiff cautioned Thursday that even if Trump were impeached by the House, he would claim exoneration if acquitted in the Republican-led Senate.
"I would be delighted if we had a prospect of removing him through impeachment, but we don't, and the most attractive thing to me about an impeachment is that it's among the strongest forms of censure we have," Schiff said. "But the same is true of an acquittal for the president. That's the strongest form of exoneration for him, and that stays my hand."
"We do need to be realistic, and that is, the only way he's leaving office, at least at this point, is by being voted out, and I think our efforts need to be made in every respect to make sure we turn out our people," Schiff said during an interview on CNN. "Should we put the country through an impeachment? I haven't been convinced yet that we should. Going through that kind of momentous and disruptive experience for the country, I think, is not something we go into lightly."
More than 90 House Democrats have publicly called for the launch of impeachment proceedings against Trump, and some in the party had hoped Mueller's testimony would lead to a fresh groundswell of support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has continued to resist the effort.
Schiff cautioned Thursday that even if Trump were impeached by the House, he would claim exoneration if acquitted in the Republican-led Senate.
"I would be delighted if we had a prospect of removing him through impeachment, but we don't, and the most attractive thing to me about an impeachment is that it's among the strongest forms of censure we have," Schiff said. "But the same is true of an acquittal for the president. That's the strongest form of exoneration for him, and that stays my hand."
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Schiff downplays impeachment, says that at this point, Trump is only leaving 'by being voted out' (Original Post)
CousinIT
Jul 2019
OP
I think it's pretty clear that they aren't going to move forward with impeachment.
bearsfootball516
Jul 2019
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triron
(22,006 posts)1. Schiff is ignoring the constitution. Very disappointing from him especially.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)2. I think it's pretty clear that they aren't going to move forward with impeachment.
Election Day 2020 will be our chance.
Im not one to tell people what to do, but it appears its time to start putting full focus and effort on 2020. Impeachment, even impeachment inquiries, are not going to happen.
riversedge
(70,239 posts)3. Nothing is Enough for Senate Repugs--not even kids in cages, recist Trump comments etc. NOTHING
moves them. Schiff is right IMHO. only voting him out at this point.
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)4. The Con will campaign on "Even the dems exonerated me."
I hope the dems have a Plan B for when the Con refuses to leave the WH, assuming our dem candidate wins the election, which isn't a given.