{"id":27119,"date":"2019-11-06T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27119"},"modified":"2019-11-06T16:55:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:55:55","slug":"the-house-votes-for-trump-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/world\/2019\/11\/06\/the-house-votes-for-trump-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"The House Votes For Trump Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A divided House of Representatives voted last Thursday, Oct. 31 to move ahead with the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the vote\u2019s resolution coming to 232 for and 196 against. This, while a top Trump National Security Official, Tim Morrison, in a closed-door deposition, backed up claims that, in a phone call Trump made to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump withheld $400 million in military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supposed bargain put forth by Trump was for Zelensky to investigate political rival Joe Biden\u2019s son, Hunter Biden, who worked at Ukranian gas company Burisma. The theory goes, at least in Trump\u2019s eyes, that Biden strong armed the Ukrainian government into firing top Ukranian advisor Viktor Shokin because he was investigating Burisma, but Shokin was actually fired after Shokin refused to investigate the company after an inquiry led by the British.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though, according to Rudy Guliani, Trump\u2019s attorney, Shokin told Guliani in a private interview that he was fired for investigating Burisma, despite several sources saying much to the contrary, and that instead the Burisma investigation had been dormant for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Ukranian citizens have been pushing for Shokin\u2019s firing for some time before his eventual release, this according to Daria Kaleniuk, co-founder and executive director of the Anti Corruption Action Centre in Kiev, in an article written by USA Today earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this adds up to a large, complex plot that must be untangled before a divided and divisive nation of onlookers who look toward the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/world\/2019\/11\/06\/the-house-votes-for-trump-impeachment\/attachment\/joe-and-hunter-biden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2588,3888\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1232472994&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Joe and Hunter Biden\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Joe and Hunter Biden, two people at the center of the controversy. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden-682x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27129\" width=\"273\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joe-and-Hunter-Biden-768x1154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><figcaption>Joe and Hunter Biden, two people at the center of the controversy. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/local\/dayton-news\/2019\/10\/29\/sinclair-establishes-logan-turner-scholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sinclair Establishes Logan Turner Scholarship\u2028 (opens in a new tab)\">Sinclair Establishes Logan Turner Scholarship<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Divisive Holidays that Share the Same Day and their History\u2028 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/world\/2019\/10\/24\/divisive-holidays-that-share-the-same-day-and-their-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Divisive Holidays that Share the Same Day and their History<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point we have entered the beginning of the impeachment process. As per the U.S. Constitution in Article II, Section 3: \u201cThe President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this is the written law for requirement of impeachment, ambiguity included, this is obviously up for interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the process moves forward, articles of impeachment are drawn up, which are a series of offenses to be leveled at the president. In other words, a committee writes a series of crimes they believe the president has committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEight federal judges have been impeached and had the political trial in the Senate and been removed,\u201d said Political Science Professor Kathleen Sooy of Sinclair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only ones of the whole group of impeachable officials, no president, no vice president, just federal judges,\u201d added fellow Political Science Professor Jennifer Sooy of Sinclair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two prior presidents have had impeachment proceedings; Andrew Johnson, who was later acquitted of breaking the Law of Tenure Act, and Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice, but he too was later acquitted. Former President Richard Nixon was nearly impeached but resigned from office before the proceedings were to take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/world\/2019\/11\/06\/the-house-votes-for-trump-impeachment\/attachment\/donald_trump_at_hershey_pa_on_12_15_2016_victory_tour_x_02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"8688,5792\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL VADON 201-790-7758&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS R&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481834599&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;MICHAELVADON@MICHAELVADON.COMM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;252&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Trump on the victory tour in 2016, will we see a similar sight in Dec. 2020? (Photo by Michael Vadon &amp;#8211; Own work\/ Wikimedia Commons)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27128\" width=\"522\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Donald_Trump_at_Hershey_PA_on_12_15_2016_Victory_Tour_x_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><figcaption>Trump on the victory tour in 2016, will we see a similar sight in Dec. 2020? (Photo by Michael Vadon &#8211; Own work\/ Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe problem is we have to figure out if it\u2019s a quid pro quo if the person didn\u2019t even know that the money was going to be withheld,\u201d said Jennifer Sooy, citing the phone call and whether or not what the president did can be seen as a form of bribery, or one of the impeachable crimes laid out in the constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe thing is, you have to have the broader context\u2026\u201d said Kathleen Sooy. \u201cYou see the phone call compiled by those five national security people. You have to look at the intent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reaction from House Republicans and from several other Republicans has been less than warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump himself has responded to the House\u2019s vote with a barrage of tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cREAD THE TRANSCRIPT\u201d said the president in one. In another he said \u201cThe Impeachment Hoax is hurting our Stock Market. The Do Nothing Democrats don\u2019t care!\u201d and added again that it was the \u201cThe Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!\u201d something that he has often referred to throughout the entire investigation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing in that phone call that is wrong or impeachable,\u201d said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c37 DAYS OF SOVIET-STYLE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS,\u201d read a sign held by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise Rep. from Louisiana. This despite the fact that the aid that was withheld from Ukraine was aimed at stopping Russian aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfKyaCLJ5kg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>A brief overview of the whistleblower complaint that led to the eventual impeachment proceedings. (YouTube\/NBC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 435 voting representatives in the House of Representatives, two Democrats voted against the impeachment process moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery member should support the American people hearing the facts for themselves,\u201d said Nancy Pelosi in a floor speech. \u201cThat is what this vote is about. It\u2019s about the truth. And what is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Foltz<br><\/strong>Executive Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A divided House of Representatives voted last Thursday, Oct. 31 to move ahead with the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the vote\u2019s resolution coming to 232 for and 196 against. 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