Trump's Lame, Delayed Puerto Rico Response Is an Impeachable Offense

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14. that is false.

first, the more snarky interpretation of impeachable offense is simply anything congress decides is an impeachable offense. congress might well have impeached a president hillary for not saying "radical islamic terrorism" during the whole benghazi thing.

second, from wiki (i know, not the greatest legal authority, but still):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_crimes_and_misdemeanors

The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct peculiar to officials, such as perjury of oath, abuse of authority, bribery, intimidation, misuse of assets, failure to supervise, dereliction of duty, unbecoming conduct, and refusal to obey a lawful order. Offenses by officials also include ordinary crimes, but perhaps with different standards of proof and punishment than for nonofficials, on the grounds that more is expected of officials by their oaths of office.


either way congress would be well within it rights to impeach for this.

in practice, not gonna happen, but "as a matter of law", it most certainly is an impeachable offense.