Congressman Justin Amash Says that President Trump Has Engaged in Impeachable Conduct

Posted on by May 18, 2019

On May 18, Congressman Justin Amash (R-Michigan) tweeted that President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.  He said this after reading the Mueller Report.  Amash also said that few other Republican members of Congress have read the report.

Amash’s outspoken comments might suggest a willingness to run for president in 2020, conceivably as a candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination.  Thanks to Political Wire for this news.  See this Newsweek story.  UPDATE:  see this Bloomberg story, which mentions the idea of Amash seeking the Libertarian nomination.

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Congressman Justin Amash Says that President Trump Has Engaged in Impeachable Conduct — 20 Comments

  1. Amen – finally a republican that has grown a spine & said Trump is wrong.. Please support impeachment proceeding.

  3. Not another Republican carpetbagger candidate of convenience to obliterate the Libertarian Party branded principles. Can Amash recite the LP SoP in public?

  4. Will the Amash gerrymander district be wiped out in 2021-2022 ???

    What is the Wrath of Trump ???

    See olde Star Trek movie — Wrath of Khan.

  6. I wonder how Pelosi and the House Democrats, the Democratic Presidential candidates, and the Democratic base will react if impeachment proceedings are initiated by a Republican who switches to the Libertarian Party and enters the Presidential race.

    It will come up in the campaign and the Democratic candidates are going to have to acknowledge, on their own primary debate stage, the presence of a Libertarian candidate in the race who initiated the impeachment proceedings because House Democrats failed to do so. They can either support the Libertarian in his impeachment pursuit or make some excuse why it was a bad idea, effectively supporting Trump. That’s going to crush the soul of the Democratic base.

    It will also come up in the general campaign debates. Even if Amash doesn’t make the debate stage, they will be forced to acknowledge his presence in the race.

  7. When is the last time this country had a President that did not engage in impeachable activity? Not in my lifetime.

  8. JIM — SEVERAL DONKEY USA REPS HAVE INTRODUCED RESOLUTIONS TO IMPEACH TRUMP.
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    ANDY– PERHAPS PREZ COOLIDGE IN 1920S ???

    SINCE HIM — ALL SORTS OF PREZ UNDECLARED WARS AND DOMESTIC OPPRESSIONS.

  9. THE CONGRESS OLIGARCHS HAVE WRITTEN HUNDREDS/THOUSANDS OF LAWS SINCE 1861 GIVING PREZS LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL POWERS — THUS THE CURRENT IMMIGRATION AND TARIFF MESSES.

    THE SCOTUS HACKS HAVE ALLOWED THE ROT TO GET WORSE AND WORSE.

    CONGRESS HACKS HAVE BEEN PLAYING THE NO FAULT GAME SINCE 1789 —

    BLAME PREZS FOR ALL BAD RESULTS

    CREDIT THE CONGRESS FOR ALL GOOD RESULTS = T-O-T-A-L IRRESPONSIBILITY.

    SEE HITLER IN 1933 — MAKING THE GERMANY PARLIAMENT WORTHLESS 1933-1945 – THE INFAMOUS *ENABLING ACT*.

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    PR AND APPV

  11. Andy has it right – all presidents (except for a few of the founding fathers) have engaged in impeachable conduct. I’m generally supportive of Amash, but this is just grandstanding. He’s probably already recognized he’s out of touch with his district and so he will go the Flake route and quit rather than lose, and then he will follow the footsteps of a half dozen Repubs whose swan song is to get the LP presidential nomination and then fade into obscurity.

    My question for Amash is this: what is the impeachable conduct? What “high crimes and misdemeanors”? “Attempted obstruction”? Really? What federal law defines that as a crime? References please.

    For those of you with TDS, don’t misunderstand my criticism of Amash. IMO Trump is a moron. He is truly not fit to be president. He appears to have a severe case of ADD. He contradicts himself and changes his mind with the wind. He has absolutely zero foundational political principles. His choices for who he surrounds himself with are deplorable – Manafort, Scaramucci, Munchin, Nielson, Javanka, Bolton, Pompeo and many more – I quite frankly can’t think of a single person at a high level in Trump’s administration who is competent – and many are crooks. All of that said, if we start removing presidents because they are morons, we can kiss what little of the Constitution is still left goodbye.

  12. DW — “high crimes and misdemeanors” = ANY act/omission — derived from pre-1776 Brits.

    esp — ATTEMPTS to get Russia dirt on HC — via stolen inf

    >>> all the latter obstruction of justice stuff.

    USA regime debt — now about 25 TRILLION and All foreign debt — now about 12 TRILLION = possible econ crisis ANY second.

    Is Trump the result of rich/poor inbreeding ???

    See Hitler, Kaiser Bill, lots of WW I royals, KY-WV hill folks, etc.

    — earlier the various NUTCASE Roman Emperors.

  15. It’s really disheartening to see people here defend impeachable actions with the argument of “everyone does it”. This is clear partisan mental gymnastics.

  16. I was not defending anything. The missile attack against Syria and the Executive Order banning bumpstocks are both impeachable offenses in my book.

    Having said this, the standards of conduct for Presidents, as well as other elected and appointed officials in our government, has become so low, that it seems rather hypocritical for anyone who was around during the Obama administration, or the George W. Bush administration, who did not clamor for them to be impeached, to raise a fuss over Donald Trump. The same goes with the Clinton administration and the George HW Bush administration. Trump’s wrongdoings at this point seem pale in comparison to those of his recent predecessors.

  17. A MAJOR PART OF THE MESS IS THAT THE CONGRESS HACKS/MORONS HAVE GIVEN EACH PREZ MAJOR DE FACTO LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL POWERS SINCE 1789 — ESP VIA ADMIN LAW PARTY HACKS [INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMM – 1890, ETC.]

    TYRANNY = MIXING LEGIS, EXEC AND JUDIC POWERS.

    SEE STALIN AND HITLER REGIMES.

  18. HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE BEEN MURDERED / WOUNDED DUE TO ILLEGAL PREZ ORDERS — IE ESP. IN UN-DECLARED FOREIGN WARS — ESP SINCE 1950 KOREAN WAR [BUT GOING BACK TO ADAMS 1798 NAVAL WAR WITH THE FRENCH REGIME] ???

    THE SCOTUS PARTY HACKS LET THE LAWLESS/CRIMINAL ROT GET WORSE AND WORSE.
    —
    PR AND APPV

    TOTAL SOP

  19. ALL the R-O-T due to the smart-ass meeting in the Trump Tower ???

    Attempted/ACTUAL conspiracy with Putin to subvert 2016 election ???

    ALL the later obstruction of justice schemes ???

    Paralyzed Donkeys NOW in Dumb City ???

  20. Justin Amash – the guy who owns a company that manufactures products in China suddenly says President Trump should be impeached. It’s only ironic that the tariffs on Chinese products will now hit Amash’s products. Amash the hypocrite.

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