Impeachment
155 Articles
Deciphering the Pompeo-House Clash Over Witnesses
Top congressional oversight expert breaks it down — what are the competing claims, and which ones are stronger or weaker?
There Is No Constitutional Impediment to an Impeachment Inquiry that Concerns National Security
The Constitution assigns the House of Representatives the impeachment power precisely to address situations where an urgent national security risk means accountability can’t…
Top Expert Backgrounder: Trump’s Impeachment–What Comes Next?
Yale Law School's Harold Koh describes the next set of decisions on the current road to impeachment of President Trump.
The Iceberg’s Tip: Ukraine Phone Call and the Months-Long Conspiracy to Violate Federal Campaign Finance Laws
Top election law expert writes about "the absurdity of the Justice Department’s refusal to investigate."
Trump’s Call to Ukraine May Constitute “Honest Services Fraud”—A Core Crime of Public Corruption
Missing from the conversation is the public corruption crime of honest services fraud, and it fits the reported facts, writes Barbara McQuade, former United States Attorney for…
President Trump, We Can Handle the Truth
Last night, the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani had his own Col. Nathan Jessup moment on primetime TV. Fired-up and angry enough, like Jack Nicholson’s character in the movie…
Yes, Trump Could Be Indicted If He Leaves Office in 2021, But Is That Likely?
In a world where indicting a sitting president is not possible and prosecuting him after he leaves office raises practical and prudential concerns, impeachment could very well…
The Trump Impeachment Process Began on March 4
On March 4, 2019, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced an investigation into “the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of…
How Congress Can Access the Legal Powers of Impeachment Without a Formal Inquiry
"It is safe to say the House is already well within the zone of its impeachment powers and may exercise the necessary and proper authorities that come with that power to investigate…
Top Law and Intelligence Experts’ Views on Mueller Hearings
To help make sense of the day’s hearings, we turned to Just Security’s editors and contributors for their thoughts.
Mueller Hearing Risks Narrowing the Range of Impeachable Offenses
The congressional hearings will likely overlook the larger set of impeachable offences even though Mueller's report itself provides significant evidence of them.
35 Questions for Congress to Ask Robert Mueller (+ Questions from Readers)
Former FBI (Rangappa), Justice Department and NSC (Geltzer), and Pentagon (Goodman) officials team up to suggest questions for Mueller.