Author: Stephanie Moffat

Another Congressional Democrat Just Called For Impeachment The effort to impeach Donald Trump gained a second member of Congress on Wednesday when Democrat Brad Sherman of California joined Al Green in calling for Trump to be impeached. Sherman’s call for impeachment came after the release of former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony which confirmed Trump tried to obstruct justice. “The standard for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ has been met,” Sherman said during a press briefing on Capitol Hill. Sherman noted that he is currently drafting articles of impeachment based on the testimony of James Comey. The impeachment process...

CNN Legal Analyst: Comey Testimony Establishes Trump Obstructed Justice After James Comey’s Senate testimony was released, CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that former FBI Director James Comey’s remarks to Congress establish that President Trump obstructed justice. “Comey’s statement establishes obstruction of justice by Trump. Period,” Toobin tweeted just minutes after the remarks were released. Comey’s statement establishes obstruction of justice by Trump. Period. — Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) June 7, 2017 Toobin also made the remarks during an appearance on CNN saying, “If this isn’t obstruction of justice, I don’t know what is.” “There is a criminal investigation...

Trump Blindsided His Own White House, Congressional Republicans With FBI Nominee Donald Trump announced his nomination of Christopher Wray to be the next FBI Director on Twitter Wednesday morning. Trump’s decision to use Twitter and not an official White House channel clearly raised eyebrows around Washington but now we are learning that many felt blindsided by Trump’s morning tweet. According to multiple press reports, Trump’s Twitter announcement left many members of his own senior White House staff blindsided. The Daily Beast notes that Trump’s “top communications staff, and much of his senior White House team, did not know the president...

Robert Reich: Time To Consider Removing Trump From Office Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich is calling for serious consideration to removing Donald Trump from office. Reich, who is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said DonaldTrump is “losing his mind” in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Mr. Reich is suggesting the use of the 25th Amendment as the vehicle for removing Trump from office. “This is why it is now time to seriously consider the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for removal of a president who is ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties...

Trump Fired Comey To Protect Himself Most Americans Believe: Poll Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey to protect himself from the Russia investigation most Americans believe according to a new poll. According to the new ABC News/Washington Post poll, 61 percent of Americans believe Donald Trump fired James Comey to protect himself while just 27 percent believe Trump fired the FBI Director for the good of the country.   And possibly more troubling for Donald Trump and the country, the vast majority of Americans don’t trust Donald Trump on the Russia issue. The poll found that 72 percent...