{"id":10855,"date":"2017-05-13T21:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T03:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10855"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:41:08","slug":"did-trump-just-write-his-own-articles-of-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/did-trump-just-write-his-own-articles-of-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Trump just write his own articles of 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\/trump8.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11606\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>ThinkProgress<\/b> &#8211; President Donald Trump had the legal authority to fire FBI director James Comey. But if Trump\u2019s intention in so doing was to impede the investigation into his campaign\u2019s alleged collusion with Russia then it could constitute obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense, legal experts told ThinkProgress earlier this week.<br \/>\nBut establishing that Comey\u2019s firing was obstruction of justice involves proving Trump\u2019s state of mind. That\u2019s very difficult to do.<br \/>\nIf, as Trump claimed in his letter, he fired Comey because of his misconduct during the Clinton email investigation, that would be perfectly legal. If Trump really was trying to protect himself or his allies, that would be a \u201ccorrupt purpose.\u201d<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why Trump\u2019s interview with NBC\u2019s Lester Holt is so extraordinary.<br \/>\nTrump told Holt that \u201cwhen I decided to do it, I said to myself\u2026 this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story.\u201d Here Trump is admitting that his dissatisfaction with Comey was based, at least in part, on Comey\u2019s decision to pursue an investigation into potential collusion between his campaign and Russia.<br \/>\nHe is telling Holt his state of mind.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pres. Trump on firing Comey: &#8220;I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hxqM1LI6BE\">https:\/\/t.co\/hxqM1LI6BE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\/status\/862809180993757184\">May 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\">Continue Reading<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ThinkProgress &#8211; President Donald Trump had the legal authority to fire FBI director James Comey. But if Trump\u2019s intention in so doing was to impede the investigation into his campaign\u2019s alleged collusion with Russia then it could constitute obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense, legal experts told ThinkProgress earlier this week. 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