Donald J. Trump told us that he wanted to be a dictator on day one and, in this instance, it is probably the only statement he has made that he has adhered to for the entire year. His presidency is exhausting...…
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READ ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT Delgado Among 200 Sponsoring Impeachment Bill Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today co-sponsored an article of impeachment against President Trump, citing incitement of insurrection. The article of impeachment, authored by Reps. Cicilline, Raskin, and Lieu, has been co-sponsored by over 200 congressmen. “On Jan. 6, the President incited a violent insurrection of the Capitol while Congress sought to uphold its constitutional duty to certify election results,” said Delgado.…
COLUMN WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER Acquittal Emboldens Trump, For Now No, Chicken Little, the sky is not falling. Donald J. Trump has dodged the impeachment bullet just as he dodged the Mueller Report. He may feel emboldened to continue to ask others to dig up on his opponents; to continue to look the other way as Russian trolls do dirty work for him; to continue to require Republican politicians to swear fealty and kiss his pinkie ring. He will…
MONEY TALK ‘He Lied Under Oath.’ That’s It By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The bloodbath-cum-circus in Washington these days? It awakens memories. Of how a notorious American ambassador handled a similar brouhaha – the Clinton impeachment. He deployed a simple device. With it, he brought a certain order to the mayhem of the thinking of his friends. In one stroke he turned their murky thinking to crystal clarity. I am certain he would use the device today. G.…
Will Impeachment Vote Since Delgado’s Future? GOP: Freshman Voted Against Constituents; Democrats: He Was Following His Conscience By JIM KEVLIN • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Impeachment is part of the issue. The other part is: By voting for President Trump’s impeachment, is freshman Congressman Anthony Delgado, D-19, endangering his chances of reelection? Yes, said Otsego County Republican Chairman Vince Casale: “He’s going against the majority of the will of his constituents, against how they voted in 2016.” Regardless, Delgado…
Crowd Braves Cold For ‘Impeachment Eve’ Fifty protesters gathered in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza this evening in support of the impeachment of President Donald Trump, which may be voted on by the House of Representatives tomorrow. Above, Alice Lichtenstein, Becca Brooks, Elayne Moser-Campoli and others flash their signs as passing cars while organizer Amy Pondolfino, right, read selections from Congress’ Articles of Impeachment, which charge the President with Obstruction of Justice and Abuse of Power stemming from charges that he withheld…
LETTER from MARTY VAN LENTEN BECKER In Supporting Trump Inquiry, Delgado Doing As He Should To the Editor: You ask in last week’s edition: “Is Congressman Risking His Reelection Over Impeachment?” Antonio Delgado states that he made his decision to vote for an inquiry into articles of impeachment because he “…took an oath before God and his fellow citizens to uphold the Constitution of the United States.” That’s what we elected him to do. We didn’t elect him to leave…
LETTER from NICHOLAS CUNNINGHAM We Should Talk Through Impeachment Issues To the Editor: Re: West Davenport & Mike Zagata versus Fly Creek & Adrian Kuzminski! Thank you, Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta, for giving us both sides of the impeachment debate. Impeachment tests our constitutional system of government: When the executive and legislative branches so disagree as to freeze governmental action, impeachment calls us to the third and fourth estates: Our present impeachment process is likely to be resolved by:…
EXCERPT Is Impeachment Political, Or Legal? The House of Representatives doesn’t need to prove that a president committed a crime outlined in the federal code to pass articles of impeachment. They instead impeach based on whether the president committed “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” as outlined in Article II, Section 4 of the US constitution. …In all, former prosecutors told Insider, there are at least four areas where Trump could face legal jeopardy. ►Illegally soliciting campaign help…
Is Delgado Risking Reelection Over Call For Impeachment? Within minutes of Antonio Delgado proclaiming his support for impeaching Donald Trump on Monday, Sept. 23, the National Republican Campaign Committee declared it is the freshman 19th District congressman’s “political death sentence.” It’s out of character, for sure. On issues to date, Delgado’s played it safe, focusing legislative efforts on agriculture, broadband and healthcare, knowing, regardless, little legislation sent from the Democratic House of Representatives to the Republican U.S. Senate is going…
