{"id":10852,"date":"2017-05-13T20:45:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T02:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10852"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:48:53","slug":"house-rep-jeffries-lock-trump-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/house-rep-jeffries-lock-trump-up\/","title":{"rendered":"House Rep. Jeffries: Lock Trump Up"},"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\/trump4.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11602\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>NYDailyNews<\/b> &#8211; New York&#8217;s Congressional reps slammed President Trump&#8217;s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, and called for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into Russia&#8217;s ties to the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The President of the United States is a dangerous con artist,&#8221; said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), who gathered with other Democrats in the city&#8217;s Congressional delegation at Foley Square Wednesday to denounce the firing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His actions threaten the very fabric of our democracy. We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis the likes of which have not been seen in this country since Richard Nixon and Watergate,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Evidence of Trump&#8217;s effort to obstruct justice continues to emerge. Lock HIM up? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YwsHaNzKlW\">https:\/\/t.co\/YwsHaNzKlW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/862866064509718528\">May 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The pols rejected the stated reasoning for the termination, a letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein alleging that Comey mishandled the probe into Hillary Clinton&#8217;s email use, and charged Trump was instead trying to undermine the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/n-y-reps-special-prosecutor-trump-russia-probe-article-1.3153211\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYDailyNews &#8211; New York&#8217;s Congressional reps slammed President Trump&#8217;s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, and called for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into Russia&#8217;s ties to the Trump campaign. &#8220;The President of the United States is a dangerous con artist,&#8221; said Rep. 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