Cutting to the chase, the Congressional Democrats impeached President Trump on 2 charges:
(1) Abuse of Power – for pressuring the Ukrainian President to investigate Joe & Hunter Biden, and
(2) Obstruction of Congress – for withholding documents and blocking his aides’ testimony.
- click to view the Impeachment Articles
Let’s start with the obstruction charge.
Yes, Trump exercised “executive privilege” by blocking aides from testifying and by withholding documents. No argument there.
But, the Schiff Team decided against going to the courts for rulings as to whether executive privilege was legal … or whether the testimony and documents should be delivered. Rather, they chose to start shouting “obstruction” and “abuse”..
But…
In his testimony during the impeachment “inquiry”, constitutional scholar Prof. Jonathan Turley told House Democrats that charging President Trump with obstruction of justice for going to the courts over the subpoena of witnesses rather than surrendering executive privilege is itself an abuse of power.
His punch line: “It’s an abuse of Congressional power!”
click to view Turley’s 5-minute pitch
Here are the highlights from Turley’s statement… (more…)
