McCaskill: Too early to talk about impeaching Trump

[TexasTowelie]

Calls for the impeachment of President Donald Trump are premature until investigations in Congress and by Special Counsel Robert Mueller develop a clearer picture of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 elections, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Thursday.

Speaking to reporters during a telephone news conference, McCaskill, D-Mo., was asked whether it is time to consider impeachment, something many Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate are demanding.

“The prosecutor in me says absolutely not,” McCaskill said. McCaskill was prosecuting attorney of Jackson County from 1993 to 1998.

Events have moved quickly in Washington this week, from revelations Monday that Trump had disclosed highly classified information to Russian diplomats who visited the White House to the appointment of Mueller late Wednesday. McCaskill praised Mueller as a respected professional but said his appointment should not stop congressional investigations.

Read more: http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20170518/mccaskill-too-early-to-talk-about-impeaching-trump

[Raster]

1. I wholeheartedly agree... as much as I would like to see tRump* dragged out...

...of the Oval Office kicking and screaming tomorrow, this must be done explicitly by-the-book with no room for cutting corners. The formal process must take place.

[nycbos]

2. We can't remove Trump now. That would leave us with Pence.

And we can't remove both of them because that would leave us with Paul Ryan.

[murielm99]

3. We can remove them one at a time.

It worked with Agnew.

We must never give up.

[nycbos]

4. That would give us Orin Hatch

[Lucky Luciano]

5. With negative political capital. nt