HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Republican Rep. Justin Amash on Saturday suggested impeachment as an option. He is the first Republican member of Congress to do so. On Twitter, he posted series of statements, saying they were his “principal conclusions.”
- Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report.
- President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.
- Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances.
- Few members of Congress have read the report.
He reaches those conclusions, he wrote, based on having read Mueller’s redacted report and other statement thoroughly, watched testimony, and discussed details with staff.
“… (I)t is clear that Barr intended to mislead the public about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s analysis and findings,” he wrote, adding that it was subtle but significant.”
Amash sees Mueller’s report as proof President Trump “engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment.”
He explained impeachment as “a special form of indictment … (that) simply requires a finding that an official has engaged in careless, abusive, corrupt, or otherwise dishonorable conduct.”
Amash went on to suggest the nation’s very foundation is at risk, because of the extreme political divide, which he said benefitted both Clinton and Trump.
Lawmakers in both parties must put country first, he wrote, “even when to do so is personally inconvenient or yields a politically unfavorable outcome.
“Our Constitution is brilliant and awesome, he added, “it deserves a government to match it.”
