Congress has been investigating matters related to abuse of power since it was founded. To question this authority, as the president has done so vigorously, is to challenge one of the foundational principles of our democracy: checks and balances.https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/07/trump-congress-subpoenas-abuse-of-power-impeachment-column/1127942001/ …
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Sen. Graham once said of impeaching Nixon: “the day Richard Nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day that he was subject to impeachment because he took the power from Congress over the impeachment process and he became the judge and jury.”https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/07/trump-congress-subpoenas-abuse-of-power-impeachment-column/1127942001/ …
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The next steps we take in Congress will be determined by the Trump administration’s willingness to treat Congress as the co-equal branch it is, and to provide the American people with the truth.https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/07/trump-congress-subpoenas-abuse-of-power-impeachment-column/1127942001/ …
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Now go talk to
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We have been learning how many guardrails turned out to be norms and traditions regularly dismantled by the Trump administration because they can't be enforced. Security clearances, tax records, etc. We need legislation.
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SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? More nothing???
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