CommonDreams – With a new poll of U.S. voters on Sunday showing that less than one-third support his abrupt ouster of FBI Director James Comey last week, the talk of impeaching President Donald Trump and demands for a special prosecutor to investigate possible ties between his campaign and alleged Russian interference in last year’s election…
VOX – President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey has raised questions about whether he was trying to obstruct an investigation into his campaign and associates. And this, not even four months into Trump’s term, has led to chatter about impeachment — the process by which a president can be charged with “high…
ThinkProgress – President Donald Trump had the legal authority to fire FBI director James Comey. But if Trump’s intention in so doing was to impede the investigation into his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia then it could constitute obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense, legal experts told ThinkProgress earlier this week. But establishing that Comey’s…
NYDailyNews – New York’s Congressional reps slammed President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, and called for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into Russia’s ties to the Trump campaign. “The President of the United States is a dangerous con artist,” said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), who gathered with other Democrats…
