A Case for Impeachment? Part 2

January 18, 2020

 

A Trumper friend asked me to research President Clinton’s impeachment for comparison to what is happening with President Trump. Though President Clinton’s behavior should not be used to justify President Trump’s behavior, here is what I came up with:

President Bill Clinton is the most criminal President we’ve ever had. For those looking to generate a list for yourself, here is a list of those things that even 10 of 55 Republican Senators didn’t think rose to the level of impeachment:

1. Bill Clinton willfully committed perjury by providing false and misleading testimony to the grand jury in relation to his sexual relationships.

2. President Clinton encouraged a witness to give a perjurious affidavit.

3. President Clinton refused and failed to respond to certain written requests for admission and willfully made perjurious, false and misleading sworn statements.

Had Clinton taken the road of obstruction taken by Trump, he couldn’t have been impeached at all because his impeachment was based solely on him lying under oath. Clinton himself complied with subpoenas to testify and chose not to invoke the 5th Amendment. I was unable to find anyone in Clinton’s White House that refused to comply with Congressional subpoenas. Trump refuses to make statements under oath, for good reason since two Articles of Impeachment were approved without needing any perjurious testimony from Trump.

Excerpts from the Starr Report (Starr has been hired by Trump to represent him)

Clinton challenged the ability of a private litigant to pursue a lawsuit against a sitting President. In May 1997, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the President's legal argument.

Ms. Jones was entitled to pursue her claims while the President was in office.

the plaintiff is entitled to information regarding any individuals with whom the President had sexual relations or proposed or sought to have sexual relations and who were during the relevant time frame state or federal employees.

On January 17, 1998, President Clinton was questioned under oath

Attorney General Reno petitioned the Special Division of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, on an expedited basis, to expand the jurisdiction of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr

All Americans, including the President, are entitled to enjoy a private family life, free from public or governmental scrutiny.

"The Presidency is more than an executive responsibility. It is the inspiring symbol of all that is highest in American purpose and ideals." When he took the Oath of Office in 1993 and again in 1997, President Clinton swore that he would "faithfully execute the Office of President." As the head of the Executive Branch, the President has the constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."