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Let's say he's found guilty of any of this. He'd be impeachable. But the House still doesn't have to impeach him.

 

But we'll see what happens in 2018. I'm not too optimistic because the election numbers favor the Republicans. I believe more Democratic seats are up for re-election.

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The Intercept on the lawsuits and the 'Trump-Presidency' merger: https://theintercept.com/2017/06/12/the-u-s-government-has-become-the-ultimate-extension-of-donald-trumps-for-profit-brand/

 

They raise a good point. What's divestiture even mean? The name of the brand is still 'Trump'. Among the highlights...

 

Enter American Idea, “a new midscale brand” hotel chain whose first properties will be in Mississippi, a red state where Trump won 18 percentage points more of the popular vote than Hillary Clinton. This is not just an attempt at crashing the Comfort Inn niche by wrapping it in stars and stripes. It’s also the most vivid window yet into the myriad ways the Trump family is transforming the presidency into a for-profit family business, annihilating the line between government and their web of brands.

 

It turns out that while the Trump kids were on the campaign trail last year, they weren’t just stumping for their father — they were conducting market research on ways to profit from Trump voters. The sons would return to Trump Tower and report on the quaint and old-timey tastes enjoyed in “real America,” as Eric Trump described it on “Good Morning America.”

We really did elect a CEO to the presidency. The problem is he's still serving his own business and, if it were not plain enough, possesses only passing interest in the affairs of the country.

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Ouch.

 

 

 

Politicians rarely sue the president, so there are few federal court decisions the legislators can cite to prove their legal standing to bring Wednesday's case, Leah Litman, an assistant professor specialising in constitutional law at the University of California, Irvine, told Reuters news agency.

 

"But the constitutional provision they're suing to enforce gives them a role in how it's carried out, and that gives them a powerful standing argument," Litman said.

 

Interesting.

 

So there's not a whole lot of history of this they can point to in the past to justify it, but she also seems to think the last bit works in their favor. Hopefully this won't get thrown out.

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Here is Trump's lawyer on Fox this morning. Clearly the best person for the job.

 

Wow. So if you just say "NO" real loud, and a lot. Act arrogant and defensive people fall for your bs. He surrounds himself with people who are as big of blowhards as he is. That's tough to find.

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