Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

Tuesday’s editorial (“Trump’s fate: The case for censure over impeachment,” Nov. 26) admits President Donald Trump’s "clear abuse of power,” but nonetheless concludes that censure, not impeachment, is the proper remedy. To this I say, if Trump’s conduct is not grounds for using impeachment, what would be?

The editorial board argues that impeachment is “a constitutional sword meant to be unsheathed only in the gravest, most unusual circumstances and to be wielded only to preserve the security and integrity of the republic.” Using the office of president for personal benefit while harming the security of an ally fighting a shared hostile foreign power and our own national security at the same time seems the precise definition of the gravest circumstances.

Add to this abuse of power, the stonewalling of this investigation, the Mueller investigation and all routing congressional oversight, and it is obvious that there can be no clearer case of facts to support Congress acting on its assigned role to impeach and remove a president who threatens our “security and integrity” and the very foundations of our democracy.

President Trump’s actions are far worse than those of President Richard Nixon. If Congress fails to act, the current president and all future incumbents will be emboldened to act as though they are above the law because he and they will be. The evidence publicly available establishes impeachable offenses beyond a reasonable doubt and leaves no alternative but for Congress to act. Impeachment is the appropriate remedy, not censure.

— Jill Wine-Banks, former assistant Watergate special prosecutor, Evanston

Note from KBJ: This ain't Watergate and Donald Trump ain't Richard Nixon, Jill. It's a witch hunt by Trump haters. Perhaps if you watched something besides CNN, you'd know that.

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Here is Ann Coulter's latest column.

The Democrats’ newest made-for-TV investigation into President Donald Trump is turning into another episode of “Looney Tunes,” this time starring Adam Schiff as Wile E. Coyote.

The Democrats seem to spend most of their time plotting some way to capture Mr. Trump, and every one of their schemes blows up in their faces. This is at least the third episode of the same story in the past three years.

First was the Russia hoax, which proved only that it was Democrat Hillary Clinton who may have colluded with the Russians, and the explosion from the Mueller investigation is just beginning to sizzle. It will really catch fire as soon as the inspector general report of the Obama administration’s FBI investigation into Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign is released. That investigation has been described by some as a coup attempt.

The second act was the Democrats’ failed attempt to destroy Brett Kavanaugh, thus demeaning Mr. Trump. But the stories told by the witnesses were never verified. Legal proceedings against two of the storytellers are ongoing.

And now we have the ever-indignant Mr. Schiff, bringing an assortment of bureaucrats whose feathers have been ruffled by Mr. Trump onto the stage to tell us that no criminal or impeachable activity occurred in his dealings with Ukraine.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Wile E. Coyote blows up again.

Bob Jacobs

Greensburg

Note from KBJ: Thank you, Bob. It's heartening to know that not everyone watches CNN.

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