The Russia Scandal How will the Russian scandal

The Russia Scandal How will the Russian scandal affect Trump's chances at getting impeached? By: Yousef Ibrahim and Nicholas Pope

Bases for Impeachment (in Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, trial to be before the upper house. (Dictionary. com) History 1. 2. President Nixon resigned due to the Watergate scandal when he was facing certain impeachment Impeachment is very uncommon in the US, especially when the president's party has the majority in both houses of congress Legal System 1. First, the House of Representatives votes on one or more articles of impeachment. If at least one gets a majority vote, the president is impeached — which essentially means being indicted. (In both the Nixon and the Clinton cases, the House Judiciary Committee considered the matter first. ) 2. Next, the proceedings move to the Senate, which holds a trial overseen by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. 3. A team of lawmakers from the House, known as managers, play the role of prosecutors. The president has defense lawyers, and the Senate serves as the jury. 4. If at least two-thirds of the senators find the president guilty, he is removed, and the vice president takes over as president.

Investigation • Reason for Investigation: Trump Campaign's possible collusion with Russian Officials during the 2016 election • Robert Mueller is leading the investigation ( Former FBI director, 13 years) • Mueller has a team of lawyer and prosecutors helping him, including Andrew Weissmann, Michael Dreeben, Lisa Page, James Quarles, and many others

Russia Investigation Charges • Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has had Public criminal charges brought up against him for conspiracy against the US, conspiracy to launder money, etc. He pleaded not guilty. • George Papadopoulos, one of Trump's former foreign policy advisors, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and has been cooperating with prosecutors for a while.

Trump vs Truth Trump's Lies are Adding Up Trumps Words 1. When he received a piece of evidence, he said, “Stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results. ” - Trump 2. “There were attempts to hack the Republican National Committee, but the RNC had strong hacking defenses and the hackers were unsuccessful. ” - Trump Truth 1. Whereas it actually says, "We did not make an assessment of the impact Russian activities had on the outcome of the election. " 2. Trump’s press release specifically said, “Russia collected [documents from] some Republicanaffiliated targets but did not conduct a comparable disclosure campaign. ” http: //www. msnbc. com/rachel-maddow-show/the-russia-scandal-trumps-lies-start-pile

Possibility of Impeachment Reasons For: • Several Democrats in the House have already filed articles of Impeachment against Trump for Obstruction of Justice and violations of foreign and domestic emolument clauses • Some Republicans in Congress have come out against Trump including Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and David Johnson who suspended his seat in Congress to protest Trump • Trump has been accused of possible collusion with Russia during the election Reasons Against: • Republicans control the House and the Senate, so it will be hard to get a majority to vote to impeach Trump • Many people believe that if Trump committed an impeachable offense, it would have been brought forward and he would have been prosecuted by now

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