"If we had confidence the President did not commit a crime, we would have said so"

[shanny]

92. true

but being a liar/con artist/tax cheat/not-a-billionaire might make a dent. There's way more kettles of fish to cook up and cans of worms to open. The economy, despite being juiced with deficit spending is beginning to stagger. If it does more than that, tRump will take a hit--especially if he is shown to be profiting. We won't reach the dead-enders; we don't need to.

and btw, as I have said a zillion times (granted not to you) the place to start is with oversight hearings, not impeachment hearings. Oversight hearings on Watergate ran for a year and were held in public. Only after the case had been made, in full public view, did impeachment hearings begin. Public sentiment was in favor by that time and so were the votes.

It would be stupid to jump into the deep end right off the bat...and since Mueller's investigation has been held close, without leaks, and then the report withheld, we are essentially at square one.

We can get there though. Even with all the roadblocks tRump and co. will throw up. In fact, they could slow down the process enough to have the whole thing come to a boil spring/summer 2020.... which could enable impeachment but preclude a trial....