Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) was one of just two House Democrats who voted against opening the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Now, Peterson has confirmed that he will also vote against impeaching the president.

Speaking at an event over the weekend in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District, which he represents, Peterson confirmed that he plans to vote against impeachment “unless they come up with something between now and Wednesday,” according to the Globe.

Peterson told the Globe that Trump “has not committed a crime” and said his “biggest problem” with the impeachment proceedings is that his caucus pre-determined that they were committed to impeaching Trump.

“And now they’ve spent a year trying to figure out how they can make a case for it. That’s backwards. I just don’t agree with this,” Peterson said. “This is dividing the country for no good reason because he’s not going to be thrown out of office. Why are we doing this?” . . .

The full House is expected to vote on impeachment this week after the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment last week, one for abuse of power and another for obstruction of Congress. The House is expected to vote down party lines with few defectors, as Peterson predicted. (Read more from “Another House Democrat Reveals He’s Against Impeachment” HERE)

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By Daily Wire. House Democrats are expected to reveal two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday that will be voted on later this month, thus cementing their attempts to remove him from office.

The two articles of impeachment will focus on “abuse of power” and “obstructing Congress,” The Washington Post reported.

During Democrats’ impeachment hearings last week on the House Judiciary Committee, liberal Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz noted that the idea that a president could be impeached for “abuse of power” was an absurd notion. . .

Noticeably absent from The Post’s report on what Democrats will introduce articles of impeachment on was “bribery,” which is what their entire impeachment effort has centered around as they have claimed that Trump engaged in a quid pro quo with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a July 25 phone call.

The Republicans should have challenged Professor Feldman’s assertion that “abuse of office" is a constitutional basis for impeachment. These words do not appear in the Constitution and such vague criteria were rejected by the Framers.

— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 5, 2019

CNN reported that Democrats were debating adding a third article of impeachment for “obstruction of justice.” (Read more from “Democrats Filing Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump” HERE)

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Trump Will Be Impeached, but Will Get Reelected Because of It, Oliver North Says

By Fox News. Retired Lt Col. Oliver North revealed his 2020 predictions on Monday as Democrats move forward with the process to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump.

“Here’s my prediction: Number one, the president is going to be impeached,” North said. “Number two, the Senate will not convict him. Number three, he will be reelected in large part because of what they’re doing today, and what they’re about to do with the articles of impeachment. And, number four — it means the Republicans will recapture the U.S. House of Representatives,” North said.

On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing for committee lawyers to present evidence in the impeachment case against Trump after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week called on lawmakers to proceed with drafting articles of impeachment.

On Fox Nation’s “Deep Dive,” North said Trump’s impeachment was inevitable, though the Republican majority in the Senate would ensure he’d remain in office for the remainder of his term. North also said impeachment will lead fed-up Americans to reelect Trump in 2020.

“They have made a terrible mistake,” he said, warning Democrats that their continued impeachment efforts would have significant ramifications. (Read more from “Trump Will Be Impeached, but Will Get Reelected Because of It, Oliver North Says” HERE)

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IG Report Notes Serious Problems in FISA Warrant Process — but No Evidence of ‘Political Bias’ — in Origins of FBI Trump-Russia Probe

By The Blaze. After months of anticipation, the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office released its report on its investigation into the origin of the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign in 2016.

In short, the 476-page document report says that Horowitz’s team did not find evidence of political bias in the decision to open investigations into the Trump campaign, but did find some serious problems with how FBI personnel went about obtaining warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, also known as FISA, in the process of conducting the investigation. . .

U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is conducting his own investigation into the origins of the FBI investigation, responded to the release of the report with a statement that took issue with Horowitz’s conclusions.

“Our investigation has included developing information from other persons and entities, both in the U.S. and outside of the U.S,” Durham said. “Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened.”

After the report’s release, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said after the release that “there are many lingering questions” and called on Democratic House leaders to “convene hearings with Inspector General Horowitz as soon as possible.” (Read more from “IG Report Notes Serious Problems in FISA Warrant Process — but No Evidence of ‘Political Bias’ — in Origins of FBI Trump-Russia Probe” HERE)

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