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发表于 2017-5-18 05:36
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Then there’s the political equation.
Republicans control both chambers of Congress. They are unlikely to pursue impeachment against Trump without overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing in light of how much damage it would do to their own party.
Indeed, the only time a party controlling Congress sought to impeach a president in its own ranks was in 1868, when Andrew Johnson warred with “radical” Republicans over how to treat the defeated Southern states after the Civil War. In the cases of Nixon and Clinton, the opposition party controlled Congress.
“The allegations against Donald Trump are not legal issues per se,” said Greg Valliere, chief global strategist at Horizon Investments. “Rather it’s all about the number of votes he can muster in the House and Senate — where, we believe, he has enough support to prevail.”
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Trump is under fire amid allegations he tried to persuade former FBI chief James Comey to drop an investigation of Michael Flynn, who briefly served as Trump’s national-security adviser before departing in mid-February.
Trump fired Comey last week in a controversial move that has raised questions about whether he was trying to obstruct a federal probe into Russian interference in the U.S. election.
“I think it’s reaching the point where it’s of Watergate size and scale,” said Sen. John McCain, a Republican from Arizona.
Yet House Speaker Paul Ryan appeared to downplay the Comey report. “It is obvious there are some people out there who want to harm the president,” he said, though adding that members of Congress are “going to follow the facts wherever they may lead.”
Another potential tool of removal is the 25th amendment, but it’s never been used. The amendment, adopted in 1967, creates a mechanism for Congress to oust a president if supermajorities in the House and Senate conclude a commander in chief is mentally or physically unfit for the job.