Tuesday at a town hall, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) said President Donald Trump’s conduct as described in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report could not go unchecked.
Amash said, “I think it’s really important that we do our job as a Congress, that we not allow misconduct to go undeterred, that we not just say, someone can violate the public trust and that there are no consequences to it.”
He added, “Mueller’s report lays this all out. I’m confident that if you read Volume II, you will be appalled at much of the conduct. And I was appalled by it. And that’s why I stated what I stated. That’s why I came to that conclusion because I think we can’t go — we can’t let conduct like that go unchecked. Congress has a duty to keep the president in check, and it is a difficult process. For those who are worried about, you know, Congress intruding on the president’s powers consistently, it is a difficult process to remove someone from office. It’s not easy. So no one’s suggesting that just because you start some inquiry or process that a person’s removed from office. Nonetheless, we have a job to do. And I think we owe it to the American people to represent them, to ensure that the people we have in office are doing the right thing, are of good character, aren’t violating the public trust.”
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