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Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
« on: January 25, 2021, 04:47:16 pm »
Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’

Trent Baker 25 Jan 2021

During a Monday appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) impeachment managers, addressed pushback on impeaching former President Donald Trump now that he is no longer in office.

DeGette argued that there is “precedent” to try someone who is no longer in office. She reasoned that the precedent is “clear” because someone cannot just get away with doing whatever they want in their final days in office.

Host John Berman asked DeGette, “What’s your message to the people — and there are plenty out there — stating it as some constitutional fact that you can’t hold a trial for a former president?”

“Well, the precedent says you can try somebody who has left office,” DeGette replied. “The precedent is clear, but also the reason is, you can’t just say, ‘OK, if you are president, you can just do anything you want the last few weeks of your presidency with no consequence because then you couldn’t be tried.’ That’s not a good result. … The most telling example that you could see is what just happened where you have a president who incites a crowd to go and try to stop the certification of a legitimate election. You can’t just say, ‘Oh well, now you left office. So, no harm, no foul.’ That’s not the way it works.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/01/25/impeachment-manager-rep-degette-precedent-says-you-can-try-somebody-who-has-left-office/
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2021, 04:47:53 pm »
What precedent...cite it.
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2021, 05:43:30 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on January 25, 2021, 04:47:53 pm
What precedent...cite it.

There's a thread by Byron York about that, and the Precedents are pretty week.  Under the Rats' reasoning, Nixon should have been impeached after he resigned.  A lot of Judges resigned before they were Impeached, and that halted all their impeachments.  The only person to have been Impeached after leaving office was a Cabinet Member in 1874, and they failed to convict.

Some Precedent...sheesh.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,426760.0.html

If the GOP wins the House in 2022, they should Impeach O'Bastard.
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2021, 05:52:33 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 25, 2021, 05:43:30 pm
There's a thread by Byron York about that, and the Precedents are pretty week.  Under the Rats' reasoning, Nixon should have been impeached after he resigned.  A lot of Judges resigned before they were Impeached, and that halted all their impeachments.  The only person to have been Impeached after leaving office was a Cabinet Member in 1874, and they failed to convict.

Some Precedent...sheesh.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,426760.0.html

If the GOP wins the House in 2022, they should Impeach O'Bastard.

That would be truly satisfying.
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2021, 06:22:18 pm »
Does the word "moot" mean anything anymore?
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Re: Impeachment Manager Rep. DeGette: ‘Precedent Says You Can Try Somebody Who Has Left Office’
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2021, 06:26:25 pm »
Quote from: MajorClay on January 25, 2021, 06:22:18 pm
Does the word "moot" mean anything anymore?

SCOTUS just threw out the "Emoluments" charges brought by the Rats over the last 4 years.  The reason?  "Moot."
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