Earlier today, House Democrats released two draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. In September, I wrote two posts explaining why, if Trump withheld congressionally appropriated military aid from Ukraine in order to pressure the Ukrainian president into investigating supposed misdeeds by Joe Biden and his son Hunter, he usurped Congress’ power over federal spending, and also likely committed a federal crime in the process (see here and here).
This theory is compatible with the first article of impeachment released today, and evidence that has accumulated over the last several months makes it …read more
Source:: Reason.com
