The basis of Democrat’s impeachment articles was that using the power of a government office to investigate a political opponent are grounds for removal for abuse of power even if not technically a criminal offense. Recent documents show that Joe Biden used his office as Vice President to obtain communications from secret surveillance of General Flynn, who part of the Trump campaign’s transition team.
By the Democrats’ own logic, should Biden be removed from consideration to be President of the United States?
Or were the Democrats’ impeachment charges against President Trump just a partisan sham?
For background, here is the document that shows that Biden requested unmasking General Flynn’s communications on January 12, 2017.
Biden has admitted to knowledge of the suveillance of Flynn although he has downplayed his involvement: “I thought you asked me whether or not I had anything to do with him being prosecuted,” Biden replied, after fidgeting with his earpiece. “I was aware that there was, that they asked for an investigation, but that’s all I know about it.”
The dems impeached Trump for what they inferred Trump was thinking about doing. So yes, the same can apply to Biden. Republicans can simply make the worse case assumptions for the reasons behind Biden unmasking Flynn, and accuse him of doing it for those nefarious, dastardly, immoral reasons.
By that logic, Biden was not Trump’s political opponent in July 2019 since Biden was just one of many running for the Democratic nomination.
The reality in January 2017 was that Trump had just defeated Biden’s endorsed candidate, Hillary Clinton, and Biden certainly had his eye on possibly running against Trump:
The vice president never fully abandoned his own presidential ambitions . . .
No thanks I couldn’t handle another three years of non stop talk of Russia. They are a pretty boring country to be honest plus I can tell you from being engaged to one and speak the language they all think our obsession with with them is beyond mental.
