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In reply to the discussion: I'll be blunt. Democrats help "normalize" Trump if we wait for an election to hold him accountable [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)We may not always have the means to assure that happens. For example, we had no real standing or input to challenge the Justice Department current opinion on indicting a President while in office, which informed Mueller's (a Justice Dept. employee) options. We may not be able to overcome the Republican conspiracy backing Trump in the Senate to finally remove Trump from office prior to the 2020 election. But we can ensure that the constitutional obligation of the House of Representatives is fulfilled, that Trump faces impeachment hearings, that no stone is left unturned to expose the full extent of his high crimes and misdemeanors to the public, and that he is impeached as the actual facts call for.
None of that precludes Trump facing various State and Federal criminal charges once he no longer sits in the Oval Office. It is not either/or.