{"id":10848,"date":"2017-05-13T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10848"},"modified":"2020-02-10T00:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T06:57:35","slug":"rep-huffman-now-supports-trump-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/rep-huffman-now-supports-trump-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Huffman Now Supports Trump Impeachment"},"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\/history6.jpg\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" \/><b>Ktvu<\/b> &#8211; Turmoil at the FBI after Director Comey&#8217;s firing made for an especially lively political town hall Tuesday evening in Marin County.<\/p>\n<p>A few hundred people packed an auditorium at Dominican University in San Rafael.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Jared Huffman told the crowd that he, like other Democrats, wants a special prosecutor and independent commission to look into ties between President Trump&#8217;s campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"carouselModule\">\n<aside id=\"STORY_PHOTOS_CAROUSEL\" class=\"mod-inline photo gallery left\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a bombshell,&#8221; Rep. Huffman told KTVU, of James Comey&#8217;s dismissal.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As much as I questioned Comey&#8217;s judgment, I always felt that he was at least independent, not some partisan hack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Huffman finds it suspicious for President Trump to turn against Comey now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The FBI investigation was getting a little close to home on these Russian connections. We&#8217;ll see what happens from here, but I think at the very least, this very political act by Donald Trump has slowed down that investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Impeachment will happen if handful of Republicans in Congress join Dems to put country above party. Or in 2019 after Dems win the House. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9U67QY2gg\">https:\/\/t.co\/g9U67QY2gg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Jared Huffman (@JaredHuffman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaredHuffman\/status\/862908174784880640\">May 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The FB upheaval lent new urgency to the event, which had been planned previously, Huffman&#8217;s eleventh town hall since December.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump has brought a level of demagoguery, corruption, secrecy, and recklessness to the White House, that I&#8217;m not sure our country has ever experienced,&#8221; he declared in his opening statements.<\/p>\n<p>The town hall theme was &#8220;Holding the President Accountable&#8221;, with three prominent attorneys contributing to the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to support the judiciary,&#8221; urged Caroline Fredrickson, President of the American Constitution Society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without it, we really don&#8217;t have a way of holding Donald Trump, his administration, or anybody, accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\">Continue Reading<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ktvu &#8211; Turmoil at the FBI after Director Comey&#8217;s firing made for an especially lively political town hall Tuesday evening in Marin County. 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