Quote (IceMage @ 19 Feb 2021 05:42)
It was a hypothetical to show that the president can do things that don't violate criminal statutes but still deserve impeachment/removal.
Right, and I get the hypothetical, the question is, what exactly would he have to declassify and release to have it deemed as a "national security secret"? Like, if he'd declassified some UFO crash, but all the crash yielded was a mix of burnt metal and ceramic, would it be national security related? If so how and why? If there's no tech or anything, how would it harm the people of the United States for the information to go to the public? Wouldn't it resolve a question that might even provide a real reason for the world to get together and solve the space travel question?
Or how about the 9/11 report. Why was it classified in the first place? Wouldn't it have been in the interests of the American People and in the security of the American people to know that the government was forewarned of the attack, ill prepared to handle it, and it was funded by the Saudis?
Like, my question here is, given the Executive and Legislative are co-equal but often competing branches of government meant to check and balance each other, why should the legislature be permitted to go after the executive over frivolous nonsense and false charges, while committing perjury (that's what the edited video was, fyi) during the sham trial?
Given the Executive has the authority to direct the DoJ, if Senators and Representatives are going to try to target the Executive if they're from the opposing party, why shouldn't the Executive utilize the DoJ to constantly open investigations against Congresspeople? Or the IRS?
Oh... Wait... Obama did that. A lot. I withdraw the question. It seems painfully clear, these loopholes exist so that Democrats can attempt to bypass the election process and the balance of power strictly to target their Republican opponents. Did I read that right?