Bush Lawyer: Trump’s Calling For Clinton Prosecution Is An ‘Impeachable Offense’

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Bush Lawyer: Trump’s Calling For Clinton Prosecution Is An ‘Impeachable Offense’

July 26th, 2017

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Bush Lawyer: Trump’s Calling For Clinton Prosecution Is An ‘Impeachable Offense’

Daily Caller
July 26, 2017

Former President George W. Bushs chief ethics lawyer Richard Painter said Tuesday that President Donald Trump calling for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be prosecuted is an impeachable offense.

Painter sent out a tweet in reference to an early morning Twitter rant from Trump on Tuesday in which he continued to criticize Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Painter said that pressuring Sessions to prosecute Clinton is an impeachable offense. The President prosecuting his former competitor is not illegal, but Painter hinted it is not morally correct, saying if we truly value free elections, Trump should not be able to prosecute Clinton.

Pressuring AG to prosecute the person who lost the election is an impeachable offense if we value free elections. https://t.co/3J78u9ucZb

Pressuring AG to prosecute the person who lost the election is an impeachable offense if we value free elections. https://t.co/3J78u9ucZb

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 25, 2017

Trumps tweet blasted Sessions, saying he has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes. Trump said he did not feel very strongly about prosecuting Clinton in an interview with The New York Times in late November 2016, but Trumps opinion has clearly changed. Trump has continued to criticize Sessions throughout July to the media and on Twitter.