Current reports suggest articles for Impeachment of President Trump are based on abuse of power and obstruction of justice. According Professor Turley, who recently addressed the House committee conducting the impeachment inquiry, the proposed articles themselves are actually an abuse of power and a violation of rights of due process:
. . .if you make a high crime and misdemeanor out of going to the courts, it is an abuse of power. It’s your abuse of power. You’re doing precisely what you’re criticizing the president for doing.
–Professor Turley addressing the House Intelligence committee
https://www.axios.com/jonathan-turley-impeachment-democrats-01a2f2f7-834f-4d90-bd01-3932cca63383.html
For background on the current draft articles see:
Are related issue is the apparent violation of House rules and precedents in the rush to pass an impeachment. For example, House rules allow House members access to committee documents, but Schiff has refused access to Republican House members, even those on the Schiff committee:
The recent White House letter further details multiple examples of the lack of due process and abuse of power by the House in violation of House rules and precedents. Examples cited in the letter include:
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Severe restrictions on access to witnesses: In contrast to the Clinton impeachment, the committee has not allowed the President’s attorney’s to question witnesses during the hearings and not given the President’s lawyers advance information about the witnesses.
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Secret proceedings with misleading leaks: The committee has selectively released misleading information from closed door hearings with little transparency.
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Violations of constitutional rights to due process similar to those noted by Prof. Turley.
For the full text of the White House letter see:
Do you agree with Turley’s assessment that the real abuse of power is from House Democrats?
