[TheRealThing]

What high crime or misdemeanor do you believe President Trump has committed? From my more objective perspective, having been the President's most vocal critic on BGR, the biggest abuse of power (which is not, IMO, constitutionally impeachable offense) has been exercised by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The House's impeachment of a sitting president, in the absence of an allegation of any high crime or misdemeanor, is the equivalent of an unfounded frivolous civil lawsuit.

The House had the opportunity to subpoena documents and testimony from Rudy Giuliani, John Bolton, or any other individual whom they believed might provide evidence of the commission of a high crime or misdemeanor, but they declined to do so.

There is no provision in the Constitution to allow Articles of Impeachment to be amended or corrected during the Senate trial. The House had no intention of removing Donald Trump from office. Their goal was to weaken him politically to allow one Democrats' extremely weak candidates to win the 2020 presidential election.

The bottom line is Democrats began working to overturn the results of the 2016 election before Donald Trump took the oath of office.

Elections have consequences and rejecting the results of fair elections is as bad as rigging the results of an election. Democrats did both in 2016. Just ask Bernie Sanders whether Hillary Clinton won her party's nomination in a fair process.

Exactly right Hoot. There is established procedural precedent for the House to compel witnesses and obtain any documentation they see fit. It's just that they tried to scare the people into thinking some kind of constitutional crisis loomed with immediate consequence. And that being their allege, the country and therefore the House, did not have time to go by established precedent. Like you said, their intent was to amend the impeachment process on the fly, on sky-is-falling grounds. But of course that tack did not work. So now all they have left is to besmirch the Senate of all things, and all indications are that Senate Dems are all-in if you listen to what they have to say.

The President's defense team revelatory opening to that end, was devastating to the House's case. And all the so-called Republican Senate 'leaners' like Mike Lee, have stated firmly that they ain't buying.

In the end though I've heard many talking heads say this is all about 2020; But I believe the Dems are giving impeachment their best possible shot. And failing that, they will use the sham proceedings to taint the Republican Presidential campaign. Tainting efforts the like of which will unquestionably prove to be as toxic as they will be epic.