Think of the House investigation more like a Grand Jury investigation. Yes, every action of the President is up for review but only specific charges can be presented to the Senate for impeachment. It’s how the GOP started with Whitewater in the 90’s but ended up presenting charges related to the Lewinski affair.
Also, impeachment only removes him from his post and bars him from holding any government post thereafter. Actual criminal charges would have to be prosecuted by the courts, in this case NY and maybe Federal courts if there are federal crimes committed.
Also, impeachment only removes him from his post and bars him from holding any government post thereafter. Actual criminal charges would have to be prosecuted by the courts, in this case NY and maybe Federal courts if there are federal crimes committed.
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg