Isn't this like putting the cart before the horse? GOP lawmaker floats impeachment for Clinton

[liberal N proud]

A Republican lawmaker is floating impeachment for Hillary Clinton, should the Democratic presidential candidate lock up her party's nomination and go on to win the White House.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said in a phone interview with The Hill late Monday that he believes Clinton improperly handled classified information on her private email server used during her time as secretary of State.

Brooks said that Clinton "would be subject to impeachment," adding, "subject to impeachment means that should the House and Senate so choose, she could be impeached based on offenses, high crimes and misdemeanors, that she has in all probability already committed."
Brooks pointed to a section in the federal code that prohibits the "unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material," though suggested other areas could also apply to Clinton.

"I don't know, off hand, whether her commission of these offenses is a legal barrier to running for president. But if Congress should so choose, it would be a legal basis for her removal from office," Brooks said later in the interview.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/257392-gop-lawmaker-floats-impeachment-for-clinton

Are the Republicans that afraid of Hillary Clinton? Or is their hate for a Black President conveyed to their hate for a Woman President?

[malaise]

1. He should be laughed to scorn and kicked out of office

Stupid ignorant ReTHUG dumbass scumbag.

[JHB]

2. Now there's a man who only needs to buy a razor to shave...

Why pay for foam when he makes his own?

[Renew Deal]

3. This is an idea some people on DU can get behind.

But seriously, it just shows the republican mindset. They're so crazed they would even impeach presidential candidates. Presidents would come pre-impeached. No need to wait for elections.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Doesn't Impeachment Require The Offense To Have Occurred. . .

. . .while in the office of POTUS? I think he's making it up as he goes along.

[onenote]

9. Not necessarily.

Spiro Agnew's resignation was triggered by the revelation that he was being investigated for taking bribes while Governor of Maryland -- before he became VP. If he hadn't resigned, there is little doubt that Congress could have, and probably would have, commenced impeachment proceedings.

[liberal N proud]

12. But! He was in office

This is jumping the shark, making sure they have it on the table before she is ever elected.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Yeah, That's Right

I forgot about that.

[NightWatcher]

5. This rep should be kicked out of congress for conspiracy to commit fraud

She is not in office, and thus has not committed a high crime in said office. He however, has shown intent to be a dumbass.

[Codeine]

6. Because impeaching a Clinton worked out so swimmingly for y'all last time, right? nt

[mmonk]

7. To answer your last questions, yes.

As far as impeachment goes, too late or too early. One has to be holding office.

[onenote]

10. You have to be holding office to be impeached. But the charges can relate to

earlier behavior. For example, if a sitting President was found to have accepted bribes as a Senator or governor, he or she could be impeached. Thus, as mentioned in a previous post, if Spiro Agnew hadn't resigned as VP amid charges that he took bribes while governor of Maryland, impeachment proceedings would have commenced against him.

[mmonk]

11. True.

[lonestarnot]

8. Already planning ways to waste tax payer money. pigliCONS do this well.

[trof]

14. Brilliant! A pre-emptive impeachment.

I'm sure the repugs have the votes in the House to do it now.
Why wait?
If fact just do a 'John Doe' bill of impeachment against the next Democraic president, whoever it is.
Fill in the name as soon as the oath is administered, then 'POOF', they're gone.

Good ol' Mo.
Wasn't he one of the three stooges?