Bill Barr: No future counter-intel investigations into presidential campaigns without my approval

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40. Yes, he can be impeached

Impeachment in the Constitution includes "civil officers of the United States" as part of the clause. One cabinet member has been impeached, back during the Grant presidency. Typically if a cabinet member is caught being so corrupt as to warrant impeachment, they'll be fired or resign, so it's not really something that happens.

Personally, I think Barr makes a good case for a treason or espionage investigation. Unfortunately, the two party system we have, and the extreme rarity of impeachment, severely undermines the impeachment clause as the original authors intended it to work. We also have a populous where too many are more concerned with maintaining a two sides centerist status quo than actually confronting the substance of what is happening.

The false equivalence of both sides being equally bad prevents us from going in hard on corruption, and finding real solutions. That small group of dumbass swing voters command too much attention.