A strategic committee of the House of Representatives
"Should the tenant of the White House be removed? " For Jerrold Nadler, 72, this is not a new issue. The elected New York has already had the opportunity to ask the question in the late 1990s: member since 1992 of the House of Representatives, he knew the hectic hours of the "Monicagate". During the debates that had nearly cost the presidency to Bill Clinton, the elected Democrat had unfailingly supported the head of state.
Twenty years later, the representative is on the side of the prosecution. Better yet, he presides over the powerful judicial commission of the House, which is ideally suited to trigger the proceedings since the supervision of the administration's functioning is his responsibility.
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However, Jerrold Nadler, whose commission has already been investigating Donald Trump for several months, wants to move forward: Thursday, September 12, its members – they are 41, including 24 Democrats – are called to rule on a resolution that clarifies the "Proceedings" to follow in order to "Determine whether to recommend a dismissal vote against President Donald Trump". In the event of a green light, these investigations would now be part of the legal framework for dismissing a president.
A very wide survey wanted by Jerrold Nadler
According to Jerrold Nadler, the survey of parliamentarians will have a broad field, around three pillars. First, the pressure put by Donald Trump on the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, to determine whether he was guilty of obstruction of justice – the famous "obstruction".
Then, potential conflicts of interest related to the properties of the businessman from Queens. The stay of a military transport plane crew at a Donald Trump hotel complex in Scotland during a stopover en route to Kuwait in the spring raised suspicions.
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Finally, Jerrold Nadler's commission will look into paying money to buy the silence of Donald Trump's alleged mistresses during the 2016 campaign, a move that could violate election financing laws.
A topic that divides opinion … and Democrats
Any impeachment procedure is, by definition, very political and a source of deep divisions, as remembered by Americans who knew the 1970s (Richard Nixon) and 1990 (Bill Clinton).
But these divisions can also be internal. This is the case today, the Democrats do not know which way to dance. As Jerrold Nadler gets active, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat House Leader, pushes the brakes. First, because it fears that these debates will work in favor of the president with a view to his re-election; then because she knows that theimpeachment, which must be confirmed by the representatives, is not, to date, supported by a majority of them.
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Because if the Democrats are in a position of strength in this chamber, with 235 seats against 197, 134 of them, only, are on the same line of Jerrold Nadler – a figure insufficient to win. Many of the moderate colleagues in the newly elected New York come from constituencies where the idea of impeachment is very unpopular, and a green light for this initiative would be very dangerous for their political future.
Moreover, even if the House falls over, the ball would then be in the Senate's court, to whom it is incumbent to condemn the president by a two-thirds majority. A very unlikely scenario in an institution in the hands of Donald Trump's allies.
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