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Is it just me, or does the "second article" have a fatal flaw?
It accuses Trump of "obstruction of Congress" for refusing to comply with the House's "subpoenas". But if I understand the process properly (always a major chance I don't), they never issued any subpoenas, only "letters of request", which have no legal ramifications for a failure to comply.
I thought the House had to have a vote to open an official "Impeachment Inquiry" in order to gain subpoena power. They skipped that step, since it would have come along with at least some due process for Trump, so they went directly from committee investigation to a vote on the articles without the House ever voting to open an official investigation. For months now, the Democrats and the media have been conflating the terms "letter of request", and "subpoena", but in this case, isn't it the crux of the biscuit? |
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Perhaps subpoenas by the Senate hold more weight? Repubs need to grow some balls and stop acting like wimps and kick ass |
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So, since they never had the vote for an impeachment inquiry, they never had subpoena power, and these "subpoenas" they supposedly issued were only letters of request. Although the House Democrats and the media have been conflating the terms "letter of request" and "subpoena", technically they are legally very different, that difference seems like it would be important here. |
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Interesting to see the spin changing:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cid=spartanntp No mention of "subpoenas" in this article. Do we have a blink? |
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