How impeachment shifted

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And yet the chances that the House Democratic Caucus was going to impeach Trump looked minuscule. Today, the chances look significantly better. So what changed? For the first time in a long time, Trump committed an act of lawlessness so extreme that it created a news story that managed to feel both fresh and surprising: A whistle-blower came forward to file a complaint about Trump lobbying the president of Ukraine during a phone call. The inspector general for the nation’s spy agencies found the complaint credible enough that he tried to refer it to Congress. It [now seems](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yMy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC11bi1iaWRlbi11a3JhaW5lLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MjQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2MDEmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzI4MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACkTBYpdfjAlrFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Trump was using American foreign aid to threaten the Ukrainian president. Appearances matter in politics. Yes, Robert Mueller’s report contained extensive evidence of impeachable wrongdoing by Trump. Yet it didn’t contain as much evidence as many people expected. And [Mueller](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNy8yNC9vcGluaW9uL3JvYmVydC1tdWVsbGVyLXRlc3RpbW9ueS10cnVtcC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTI0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjAxJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcyODEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgApEwWKXX4wJaxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) was sufficiently feckless in his presentation of the report that Trump’s attorney general was able to misrepresent it. As a result, Mueller’s evidence ended up resembling a lot of dry kindling that lacked a spark. The phone call to Ukraine, along with Trump’s potential refusal to let Congress investigate it, could well provide the spark. Some observers believe impeachment is now more likely than not. As Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post [write](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP4RUAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9wZWxvc2ktcXVpZXRseS1zb3VuZGluZy1vdXQtaG91c2UtZGVtb2NyYXRzLWFib3V0LXdoZXRoZXItdG8taW1wZWFjaC10cnVtcC1vZmZpY2lhbHMtc2F5LzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvOThhMzNmZDgtZGU1Zi0xMWU5LThmZDMtZDk0M2I0ZWQ1N2UwX3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MjQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2MDEmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzI4MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACkTBYpdfjAlrFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), “many [House] leadership aides who once thought Trump’s impeachment was unlikely now say they think it’s almost inevitable.” In part, that’s because a growing list of people who have been somewhere between skeptical of impeachment and opposed to it — including Representative [Adam Schiff](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP0T-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2FkYW0tc2NoaWZmLWltcGVhY2htZW50LXVrcmFpbmUtYmlkZW4tNWNjZmZlZmYtMDhhOS00ZWYyLTk4YWQtODcxM2VmYTUxOTFhLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MjQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2MDEmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzI4MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACkTBYpdfjAlrFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and [several House members](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP4QcAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDE5LzA5LzI0L3NldmVuLWZyZXNobWFuLWRlbW9jcmF0cy10aGVzZS1hbGxlZ2F0aW9ucy1hcmUtdGhyZWF0LWFsbC13ZS1oYXZlLXN3b3JuLXByb3RlY3QvP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTI0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjAxJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcyODEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgApEwWKXX4wJaxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) from swing districts (as well as, much less significantly, [me](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNC8yMy9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLWltcGVhY2htZW50LW11ZWxsZXItcmVwb3J0Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MjQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2MDEmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzI4MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACkTBYpdfjAlrFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)) — seem to be reassessing their views. If Trump is going to cheat this brazenly in his attempts to win re-election, Democrats may need to take the risk of impeaching him. Standing by and complaining, while refusing to use the constitutional power at their disposal, could leave American voters wondering whether Trump’s behavior is really so bad after all. 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Slate’s [Dahlia Lithwick](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP4QIAWh0dHBzOi8vc2xhdGUuY29tL25ld3MtYW5kLXBvbGl0aWNzLzIwMTkvMDkvaW1wZWFjaG1lbnQtZG9uYWxkLXRydW1wLWhvdXNlLW9mLXJlcHJlc2VudGF0aXZlcy1jb25zZXF1ZW5jZXMuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWRhdmlkLWxlb25oYXJkdCZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDE5MDkyND9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjYwMSZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MjgxJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAKRMFil1-MCWsUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~): “By refusing to hold the president and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responsible for any of that interference — indeed by pretending it was very, very bad but let’s look forward and not backward, House leadership is inviting even more abuse.” [Michelle Goldberg, in The Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8yMy9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLXdoaXN0bGUtYmxvd2VyLWltcGVhY2htZW50Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MjQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2MDEmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzI4MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACkTBYpdfjAlrFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA): “It’s true that Democrats will remove Trump only by beating him in 2020, but he is already cheating in that election, just as he did in 2016, and paying no price for it.” TPM’s [Josh Marshall](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfbIoTP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly90YWxraW5ncG9pbnRzbWVtby5jb20vZWRibG9nL3RoZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtbmVlZHMtdG8tYmUtaW1wZWFjaGVkP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTI0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjAxJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcyODEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgApEwWKXX4wJaxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~): “We’ve now reached an impasse, a critical juncture at which the House of Representatives, controlled by a party that still supports the rule of law, has no choice but to dramatically intensify its oversight efforts up to and including voting on articles of impeachment against the President. 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