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The Impeachment of Donald Trump
Looking at the “Fab Four,” above, consisting of Presidents Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Andrew Johnson, and Donald J. Trump, there are those of us who vividly recall the many reasons why Nixon should have been impeached, convicted, and jailed. Contrary to his oft-repeated denial, Nixon was a crook.
Now, in today’s crooked-Christmastime, here’s a Yuletide dream of mine, in three parts. It goes something like this.
Part I: The Accusation
The Mueller Report, 448 pages long, was presented with all the excitement of a slowly-deflating hot-air balloon. It contained numerous instances of Trump’s malfeasance, yet obtained no traction in the public’s mind.
The media reflections on Trump were lengthy and, in many instances, supported by outside events, e.g., lawsuits involving Trump’s defalcations of student fees from Trump University; his daily violations of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause; the prosecutions of Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, and Paul Manafort, among others; the never-ending scenario about his taxes; the unending flow of Tweets; ad nauseam.
But the Mueller Report was never “sold” to the public in a way which captured our attention, and few people would take the time to go through the mind-numbing assemblage of 448 pages, in two volumes, to find out what we already…
