It takes literally two seconds to learn that "high crimes" does not mean "crimes, but worse", but instead "abuse of station/dereliction of duty". There's no debate, this is just what words mean. Yet these galaxybrains always give the out "but it's not a crime (in the sense that you couldn't bring them to criminal court over it)". How can you be both a wonkbrained policy dork and a Trump-obsessed lib while failing to recognize that this is a meaningless distinction to draw?
It takes literally two seconds to learn that "high crimes" does not mean "crimes, but worse", but instead "abuse of station/dereliction of duty". There's no debate, this is just what words mean. Yet these galaxybrains always give the out "but it's not a crime (in the sense that you couldn't bring them to criminal court over it)". How can you be both a wonkbrained policy dork and a Trump-obsessed lib while failing to recognize that this is a meaningless distinction to draw?
I think the people who would use the “not a crime” defense are not the people who want Trump impeached.
It’s just what the Republicans and probably DOJ will cling to in order to excuse keeping Trump in office.