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Guilty Pleas and Convictions, How Realistic Is The Impeachment Of President Donald Trump?

After the conviction of former head of President Donald Trump’s campaign, Paul Manafort, on eight of the 18 counts he was charged with and the guilty plea of the president’s former attorney Michael Cohen, talk of impeachment has gotten hot again. But how feasible is the prospect of impeachment against the president?

First one has to begin at the beginning. What does it take to impeach and remove a president from office? There are seven steps.

Step one is that the Justice Department, or in this case a special counsel, presents charges to the House Judiciary Committee.

In steps two and three the House Judiciary Committee investigates the charges and then drafts the Articles of Impeachment.

The judiciary committee debates the articles of impeachment in step four and then presents the articles to the entire House to begin step five.

The fifth step is the House vote. A majority of the members of the House of Representatives have to vote to impeach the president. It is extraordinarily tough for this to happen while the president’s party controls the House. But for the sake of this piece let’s pretend that the Democrats win the House in the midterms, an entirely plausible situation.

Step six is that the Senate holds a trial. In this trial the House Judiciary Committee acts as the prosecutor, the president’s attorneys present its evidence, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, a Republican, acts as the judge in the case and the Senate, which will most likely continue to be Republican controlled, acts as the jury.

To remove the president from office you need, step seven, a 2/3 majority (67) of the Republican Senate to remove the Republican president.

Impeaching a president by his own party would essentially be career suicide for any senator, Republican or Democrat. But it is even tough for an opposing party to successfully remove a president. It is so tough that it has never been done in the history of the United States. Two presidents, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, were impeached but were not convicted.

In other words, the idea of President Trump being removed from office is nothing more than a pipe dream of his detractors barring a crime that is so drastic that the president’s own supporters want him gone. It won’t happen on a technicality of a campaign finance violation.

That is particularly true when supporters are able to point to the fact that former President Obama’s campaign was ordered to pay one of the largest fines ever of its type, $375,000, for committing campaign finance violations during the 2008 presidential campaign.

And former President Obama was not the first presidential candidate to have to pay fines for campaign finance violations. Republican candidate for president, Sen. Bob Dole, first set the record for fines when his campaign was fined $100,000 for his 1996 presidential campaign.

Republicans appear to be rallying around the president and his supporters remain in his corner. The chances of this president being impeached and successfully removed from office are infinitesimal.

In fact, the talk of impeachment could be precisely what Republicans need to drive voters to the polls in November to retain control of the House. Rather than removing the president from office, it could be the biggest backfire in the history of American politics.

 

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Carmine Sabia

Carmine began writing for BizPacReview in 2014 where he found success as a conservative writer. His popularity continued to soar as he gained tens of thousands of followers. ​Carmine has been quoted by Fox News, has been interviewed on television by Tomi Lahren, appeared on BBC Radio, "The Critical Hour" with Dr. Wilmer Leon, Sky News in the UK, NHK in Japan, Power 98.7 South Africa and various other media outlets.

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49 Comments

  1. Alfred B Cate Jr. August 22, 2018

    None

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  2. FranknLorrie Wihtelich August 22, 2018

    I think Turkey or Iran and definately Putin will get him first. He is to well protected by the Republcans

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  3. Jason Self August 22, 2018

    Whew. Thank god they finally got them for Russian Collusion. I was starting to think the whole thing was a bullshit narrative by the “left” (deep state) to distract from the treason committed when the DNC sold the nomination for POTUS to Clinton.

    Wait…..what?!?! No collusion?

    #Propaganda
    #CitizenUntruth

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    1. Nostradamus Alexander August 22, 2018

      LOL These freaks could rape your children and you would only say
      “Wait….what?!?! No collusion?”
      Think about that. Crimes are crimes you dimwit.

    2. Brian Elder August 22, 2018

      Alexander, grow the f up!
      Funny how someone so childish, and just plain stupid calls itself Nostradamus???
      Lmao at you!

    3. Jason Self August 22, 2018

      Brian Elder

      Nostradumbass Alexander

    4. Jason Self August 22, 2018

      Nostradamus Alexander

      Collusion to child molestation, huh?

      Project much?

  4. Carla Cox August 22, 2018

    Good NOl chances of impeachment!!!

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  5. Cindy Stevens August 22, 2018

    Allow Mueller evidence and truth to come out to the public. Get out the blue vote take Congress end Trump pence hateful corrupt greedy dangerous reign of terror on USA and hold repub cohorts accountable complicit with Trump pence Russia cover up. Restore our republic democracy demands it

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    1. Brian Elder August 22, 2018

      You are the definition of TDS.

    2. Cindy Stevens August 22, 2018

      Brian Elder we are the example of freedom in America Both have the right to speak our mind without consequence. Defend the Constitution from foreign and domestic enemies. And get out the vote in Nov

  6. Ethan Brunton August 22, 2018

    As realistic as grapes are considered berries and dogs were bred from wolves.

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  7. Michael S Gregory Sr. August 22, 2018

    This is a wake up call that the Republican Congressional and Senatorial Representative need to read.
    When it’s to late to turn it around the Republicans are to blame because they don’t have the Balls to Impeach Not My President for Conflict of Interest and Treasonous Acts agent’s the United States of America and it’s People.
    So when the civil unrest starts and people start to die it’s all on the Republican Congressional and Senatorial Representative who caused it by not following the Constitution and protecting the Constituents and only caring about themselves.
    November 6, 2018 is when these Republicans must be Voted Out of Office.
    We Will Remember How You Republicans Have Voted To Hurt All Americans.

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  8. Linda Myrick August 22, 2018

    not at all

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  9. Jerry Schroader August 22, 2018

    Not likely

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  10. Jackie Zapp August 22, 2018

    The fucker needs to GO!!!

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  11. John Grier August 22, 2018

    Today! Not very. The God of Israel has exposed america as being corrupt.

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    1. Dan Wilson August 22, 2018

      Tell me, what did your made-up Fairy Tail have to do with what’s going on right now?

    2. John Grier August 22, 2018

      Well dan, because you’re reprobate, you won’t understand, but I’ll make it simple for you. Because of the ungodliness of americas leadership, it’s corrupt. Therefore, your leaders will pervert justice, and never really go after your kinsman trump. The reprobate believes that what’s good is bad, and what’s bad is good. You don’t know the difference between good and evil.

  12. Frank Espronceda August 22, 2018

    None and dont continue to push for impeachment because you are open the Pandora Box.

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  13. Susan Dow August 22, 2018

    Getting closer

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  14. Gary J. Weber August 22, 2018

    Red flag #1 was the AGs reclusion. # 2 was a Grand Jury and Mueller heading it. Note: a Grand Jury has NO boundaries. No time limits or statutory limitations. In other words a person could be charged with any crime the lead investigators find EVEN if it has nothing to do with the original reason the Grand Jury was convened in the first place.

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  15. William Smith August 22, 2018

    Hate to tell you, but unless you live in liberals fantasy land, the chances are about ZERO.

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  16. Deborah Anderson August 22, 2018

    IMPEACH TRUMP AND PENCE ARREST THIS WHOLE DAM REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ILLEGITIMATE ADMINISTRATION

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  17. Ginny Celano August 22, 2018

    Finally a man with balls.

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  18. Lew Sikes August 22, 2018

    It depends upon how the election this fall goes. If the Democracts win there will be impeachment. If the Republicans win there won’t because Putin has them under control.jmho

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  19. Beverly Chisholm Davis August 22, 2018

    Not at all if it is up to the Republican congress. I don’t think there is anything horrible enough that he can do to move them to act against him.

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  20. Sandy Winter August 22, 2018

    Get him gone!!!

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  21. John Avina Sr. August 22, 2018

    None!!

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  22. Matt Sullivan August 22, 2018

    Not at all —- President Trump is for us & we are for him…… That’s that —- chew on that awhile —– yep

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  23. Frank Cromis August 22, 2018

    Not

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  24. Charlie Lagos August 22, 2018

    Trump’s clear.

    If you want Trump impeached, you have to the win the Senate, and ??, that’s not going to happen.

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  25. Adam Hoffman August 22, 2018

    The word of the day is.. Unindicted co-conspirator. All you dumbfucks hanging from trumps sack shouldn’t be too confident. Just because your lying bitchass master says he’s innocent doesn’t mean it’s reality.
    #teammueller

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  26. Michael Doyle August 28, 2018

    He’s not going anywhere!!!

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  27. Susan Dow August 28, 2018

    Very!

    Reply
  28. Larry L. Cunningham August 28, 2018

    Knock out punch coming!

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  29. Robert Crawford August 28, 2018

    When you convict Obozo and worthless Hillary for All of the crooked things they did, then we may (think) about Trump getting a medal for working for the American people

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  30. Justin L. Daniel August 28, 2018

    Divide and distract

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  31. Gwendolyn Armour August 28, 2018

    I don’t care how he leaves, just leave or volunteer to leave with dignity. Bye!

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  32. George Wynne Jr. August 28, 2018

    Just jail the maniac for the good of all America!

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  33. Pat Ward August 28, 2018

    Prison is more likely for tax evasion, money laundering and theft.

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  34. James Herron August 28, 2018

    Lock up all aligned with this corrupt criminal presidency.

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  35. Michael Harley August 28, 2018

    About as unrealistic as you can get.

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  36. Louise Dodson August 28, 2018

    BE BEST! Stop talking

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  37. John Grier August 28, 2018

    Not very. These are gentiles (european caucasians and their descendants) for Gods sake. They’ll use the same evil tricks to pervert justice for trumps sake, that they use to pervert justice for black people.

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  38. Gary Fuller August 28, 2018

    Dump trump18!

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  39. Dan Fryling August 28, 2018

    It is a pipe dream for the lunatic Dems.

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  40. Ronald Christensen August 29, 2018

    Keep the pressure on Trump, Mr, Mueller !!!

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  41. Doug Bryant August 29, 2018

    Ha ha ha Trumpanzee and his monkeys will go if Democrats take the house , can you name the crooked things Hillery did hour ignorance is showing.

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