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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Apr 2019

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      1. Let's unpack this a little more. Let's think about the Mueller Report as a de facto impeachment referral. Mueller made his decision based on (arguable) premise a president can't be indicted but can be impeached.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1118900449325850632 …

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      This is they key take-away: Mueller has assembled the facts, many of which are prima facie very damning, but its not his job to hold Trump accountable. It's the job of congress & the American public. Release of the redacted report is the beginning of that reckoning, not the end https://twitter.com/business/status/1118893827841036289 …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Apr 2019

      2. @emptywheel is at the same place I am: the Mueller report can be read as an impeachment referral. Going further: it actually, in laying out the damaging facts, is a road map to impeachment. The question is: does congress use this road map.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Apr 2019

      3. There is a political question and a moral/legal question. Politically my position has been since Trump's election that focusing on scandals is of limited utility & the Dems best move is to focus debate on Trump's terrible & unpopular policies.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Apr 2019

          4. The further political calculation is that Dems might be able to impeach in house but almost certainly won't get GOP Senate to remove. And the election is next year, so why bother? Again: this is not the moral/legal issue but the political one.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Apr 2019

          5. The moral/legal imperative is different: if you have plausible evidence that a president has obstructed justice & you don't proceed with impeachment hearings, then you've given up on the rule of law.

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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Apr 2019

          6. One way to thread the needle between the political imperative & the moral/legal one is to have congress keep investigating but leave impeachment decision for later.

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        1. Justine Barron‏ @jewstein3000 18 Apr 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          The emoulements case seems stronger but they're not even investigating it.

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        2. skip schwarzman‏ @skip1515 18 Apr 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Understood, but demonstrating the shallowness/illegitimacy of those same policies by demonstrating how bankrupt the leader is, via scandal investigation, undermines support for the policies, which is also needed/valuable.

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        3. BarkAtKit‏ @BarkAtKit 18 Apr 2019
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          Unless the inevitable not-guilty verdict from the Senate is morphed, in the public consciousness, to "total vindication!!" in a way that transcends other issues. I'm not sure I have that fear, but it is a valid one.

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        1. a nosy archaeologist says vote AND  🇺🇦‏ @merovingians 18 Apr 2019
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          make it part of a corruption narrative like Warren is doing

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        1. Paladin 55‏ @B_L_Mencken 18 Apr 2019
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          What's wrong with a two front war, if it's Trump in the middle. Not sure why Dems can't attack with everything they have.

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        1. marc murdock‏ @marcmurd 18 Apr 2019
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          Do you think, after the Dem convention and through the fall of 2020, the SuperPacs will do the dirty work that needs to be done? At this point, there’s pounds and pounds of dirt we need to be reminded of.

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