Si je ne crois pas qu'enclencher la procédure de destitution soit une stratégie gagnante au plan politique pour les Démocrates, j'ai maintes fois affirmé que cette procédure avait été mise en place pour éviter des cas comme celui de Donald Trump. L'auteur de cet article, un juriste avec une bonne feuille de route, présente ici un bon survol de tout ce qui pourrait nourrir une procédure de destitution et c'est pourquoi je me permets de relayer le contenu. Si ce n'était du fait que le vote final se prendrait au sénat où les Républicains détiennent encore la majorité (il faut un vote des 2/3 des sénateurs pour destituer le président), nous aurions un cas évident de destitution.
"When I was a new Justice Department prosecutor preparing for one of my first trials, a supervisor gave me a valuable piece of strategic advice: Go for the jugular, not every capillary. Don't get bogged down trying to prove every detail of every last bad act or misdeed. Instead, pick out the subject's worst conduct, offer up your strongest proof and make it hit hard.
I'd offer the same advice to the House Judiciary Committee as it considers a resolution to define the substance and scope of its impeachment inquiry. The Judiciary Committee reportedly will focus on a wide range of topics, including four pillars: (1) involvement by Trump associates in Russian interference in the 2016 election, (2) Trump's alleged role in illegal hush money payments to two women who claim they had affairs with him, (3) Trump's alleged dangling of pardons to immigration officials who might break the law to get a border wall built and (4) Trump's potential Emoluments Clause violations and use of the presidency for personal profit.
If you look at that list and wonder, "What's the connective tissue?" the answer is simple: President Donald J. Trump. However, beyond the fact that all four areas touch on potential wrongdoing by Trump, they share little or nothing in common. There is no substantive through-line. The audience -- Congress and the American public -- will have its focus fragmented, and the committee will find itself trying to run in four (or more) directions at once."
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