{"id":10781,"date":"2017-04-29T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T19:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10781"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:49:18","slug":"bushs-ethics-lawyer-says-to-impeach-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/bushs-ethics-lawyer-says-to-impeach-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush&#8217;s Ethics Lawyer Says to Impeach Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/justice2.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11586\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>Independent<\/b> &#8211; George W Bush&#8217;s chief ethics lawyer has called for Donald Trump to be impeached if he doesn&#8217;t comply with Congress&#8217;s demand to release documents relating to Michael Flynn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;US House must subpoena the docs,&#8221; Richard W Painter wrote on Twitter. &#8220;If no compliance, impeach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zero tolerance for WH covering up foreign payoffs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US House must subpoena the docs. If no compliance, impeach. Zero tolerance for WH covering up foreign payoffs<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2FrLnKdiBv\">https:\/\/t.co\/2FrLnKdiBv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWPUSA\/status\/856906678763220992\">April 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nMr Painter was commenting on the news Mr Trump&#8217;s former National Security Advisor had likely broken the law by not disclosing payments from Russia and Turkey, according to the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from Russia, Turkey or anybody else. And it appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate. And there are repercussions for the violation of law,\u201d Republican representative Jason Chaffetz told reporters after a classified meeting with the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Flynn once said anyone seeking immunity &#8216;probably committed a crime&#8217;<br \/>\nLast month, investigators announced Mr Flynn had received more than half a million dollars from work for the Russian state-owned TV network RT and for work with a lobbying firm which likely benefited Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/george-w-bush-ethics-lawyer-donald-trump-impeachment-president-white-house-michael-flynn-documents-a7705331.html\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent &#8211; George W Bush&#8217;s chief ethics lawyer has called for Donald Trump to be impeached if he doesn&#8217;t comply with Congress&#8217;s demand to release documents relating to Michael Flynn. &#8220;US House must subpoena the docs,&#8221; 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