Today the house of representatives member from the Democratic party , brad Sherman with the support of another Democrat, al green formally introduced to the house of representatives the issue of declaring the impeachment of the President Trump. The corresponding statement is also available on the official website of the Sherman.
Is it appropriate to raise this issue now? The unequivocal answer to this question among Democrats. In addition, for impeachment of the President will require a majority vote in the House of representatives, controlled at the moment by the Republicans, who have the advantage of 46 votes.
His decision Sherman says that the recent sudden dismissal of the head of the FBI James Komi may be considered as obstructing justice and confirms the existence of irregularities in the conduct of an investigation regarding Russia’s interference in US presidential elections.
In a statement, Sherman said, «Donald trump was acting completely the opposite of what we expect to see from the President. His behavior is detrimental to constitutional government, causes great damage to the law and justice, harm the people of the United States. In this regard, such behavior gives the right to impeach him and release him from his post».
In comments to the statement, Sherman said, «I tabled a statement on the impeachment of the President in order to put the beginning of a long process in order to protect our country from abuse of power, obstruction of justice and impulsive and ignorant incompetence».
Press Secretary of the White house Sarah Huckabee Sanders sharply criticized a similar statement.
«I think it’s absolutely ridiculous and a political game in the worst performance,» she told reporters Wednesday at a briefing with no cameras.
