To the editor:
Former Justice Department special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has spoken. Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), the sole House Republican to call for President Trump’s impeachment, who received a standing ovation at a recent district town hall, has spoken.
The House must now pursue the issue of Trump’s obstruction of the Russian investigation.
Mueller made it very clear that his decision to not bring any charges against Trump was really not a decision at all, since Department of Justice policy holds that a sitting president cannot be indicted. He further stated that “charging the president with a crime was not an option we could consider,” and that the Constitution “requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.”
Impeachment in the House is that process. Our democracy and the integrity and legacies of each member of Congress will be determined by how they act right now.
In hopeful anticipation, I say to Congress: Thank you for your courage.
Tony Haftel, Palm Desert
Note from KBJ: President Trump continues to run circles around his critics. It infuriates the likes of Tony Haftel.
