Hillary Clinton: 'Impeachable offenses committed on national television still count'

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"Someone should inform the president that impeachable offenses committed on national television still count," she tweeted.

Someone should inform the president that impeachable offenses committed on national television still count. https://t.co/ABObD2Ie4S — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 3, 2019

Clinton's tweet was in response to the president's encouragement of the two countries to investigate Biden and his son based on unsubstantiated assertions of corrupt behavior involving both countries.

“I would think that if they were honest about it they’d start a major investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said to reporters Thursday.

President Trump is already under scrutiny for asking Ukraine to "look into" Biden in a July 25 phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky days after withholding military aid to the country.

News of the call blew up when Congress requested a whistleblower report that described the incident, which later prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiHouse Republicans voice concerns about White House's impeachment messaging Overnight Health Care: Judge rules supervised drug injection sites are legal | Is a drug pricing deal still possible? | Walmart latest retailer to pull Zantac from shelves McCarthy shares 'Stranger Things' parody video criticizing impeachment MORE (D-Calif.) to launch an official impeachment inquiry.

tekniklee on October 3rd, 2019 at 17:08 UTC »

So his new tactic to stall the impeachment progress is to keep committing impeachable offenses so they can't stop gathering evidence? Brilliant..

flibbityandflobbity on October 3rd, 2019 at 16:44 UTC »

She's correct, again.

Not that it really matters. Trump is proving he really can shoot a person on 5th Avenue and not lose any support. Thanks GOP!

_queen_of_the_nerds_ on October 3rd, 2019 at 16:41 UTC »

“Let me make something 100% clear to the American public and anyone running for public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election,“ wrote Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the FEC. “This is not a novel concept.“