Very interesting read. I hadn’t realized that politicians’ stances on impeachment might well play a major role this November.<\/p>\n
Today, the impeachment of Donald Trump exists on the brink of plausibility. The sine qua non of an impeachment investigation, to say nothing of actual votes to charge and remove the President, is a Democratic takeover of the House in the November elections. Such a change now looks better than possible, maybe even probable. At the same time, the President appears to be in ever-greater legal peril from dual investigations, one led by Robert Mueller, the special counsel, and the other by federal prosecutors in New York. In April, F.B.I. agents raided the offices of Michael Cohen, Trump\u2019s longtime lawyer and fixer, and removed telephones and business records. Cohen has not been charged with a crime, but the prospect of a case against him, with the chance that he might plead guilty and reveal everything he knows, represents a substantial risk for the President. In Washington, Michael Flynn, Trump\u2019s former national-security adviser, and Rick Gates, who worked on Trump\u2019s campaign and in his White House, have both already pleaded guilty to charges brought by Mueller and agreed to co\u00f6perate with his investigation. The full extent of Mueller\u2019s findings is not known, raising the possibility that more legal and political damage to the President is yet to come. While Rudolph Giuliani, Trump\u2019s attorney, may or may not be correct that Mueller believes he lacks the legal authority to indict the President, the possibility of impeachment clearly exists\u2014if Congress has the evidence, and the will, to proceed.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n