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One of the more fascinating talking points to emerge from the public hearings into the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump’s presidency focuses on the legal vs. political aspects of the proceeding.<\/p>\n

The argument goes something like this: If this were strictly a legal<\/em> matter, House Democrats would have enough compelling evidence to convict Trump of the high crimes and misdemeanors that have been alleged against him. But it isn’t a legal proceeding. It’s a political battle and on that score, Trump is likely to survive impeachment and a trial that would occur in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

House and Senate Republicans seem to be aligned along a single thought: Yeah, the president did something<\/em> wrong, but it’s not impeachable, let alone enough of a reason to convict him and toss him out of office.<\/p>\n

Their Democratic colleagues, obviously, see it differently. They believe they have sufficient evidence in hand to impeach and convict Trump on crimes relating to his solicitation of political help from a foreign government and his efforts to cover it up and obstruct the pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n

But \u2026 this isn’t a criminal<\/em> matter. It’s a political<\/em> one. Which is where Trump holds the winning hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has bullied Senate and House Republicans into standing with him. To oppose Trump in this political fight would incur his wrath, which has proven to be quite formidable. They fear the president’s revenge and the support he continues to enjoy among that base of American voters in key states and congressional districts.<\/p>\n

Were this a legal fight that operated under the rules of legal justice, in my view this wouldn’t even be a close call. Trump would be drummed out of office, sent packing to Mar-a-Lago \u2026 where he no doubt would launch a full frontal Twitter assault on a system that robbed him of the glory he believes he deserves.<\/p>\n

Sadly, it is not. It’s a political fight that figures to last beyond the impeachment and trial and into the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

That is where this fight is likely to be decided.<\/p>\n

Oh, I do hope Americans can snap out of their Trump-induced stupor to rid this nation of this poisonous politician.<\/p>\n\n

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