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Opinion: The House articles of impeachment could be history's takeaway on Donald Trump
BLUF: If the House is going to impeach Donald (and they probably are), they need to make the Articles of Impeachment clear and comprehensive (a la Nixon) so that even if the GOP-controlled Senate lets Donald skate (and they probably will), it'll show they're valuing loyalty over the law.
It’s an all but foregone conclusion that the House of Representatives will impeach Donald Trump, and it is almost as certain that the Senate will not convict him. For those who are convinced of the president’s venality, the latter prospect makes it imperative that the formal indictment in the House — the articles of impeachment — be detailed and all-encompassing.
The articles’ content, the exact way they focus the effort to hold Trump accountable, could possibly sway the eventual verdict, as senators ponder individually the moral choice between party loyalty and the rule of law. As important, the way the charges are conceived and written will affect how history remembers this “grand inquest of the nation.” Was it merely misbegotten politics or a legitimate attempt to adjudicate incontrovertible high crimes and misdemeanors?
BLUF: If the House is going to impeach Donald (and they probably are), they need to make the Articles of Impeachment clear and comprehensive (a la Nixon) so that even if the GOP-controlled Senate lets Donald skate (and they probably will), it'll show they're valuing loyalty over the law.