U of U professor says President-elect Trump could face impeachment
University Of Utah law professor Christopher Peterson says, if it is proven that President-elect Donald Trump, defrauded customers of his Trump University, it would be within the rights of the U.S. Congress to bring articles of impeachment against Trump.
He is a consumer protection law expert, who helped set up the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and teaches at the SJ Quinney College of Law. Trump faces two civil class-action lawsuits and a filing by the New York Attorney General’s Office that claims Trump University ripped off of customers.
“They're allegations that he cheated his customers and committed fraud and what's more ,even racketeering. Listen, if these allegations are true, if he really did lie to his customers and has an ongoing practice of it across state lines, they are serious crimes. Congress would be within its right to consider fraud and racketeering a high crime and a misdemeanor and could therefore go ahead and impeach him."
Of course this isn't a surprise to those of us who didn't get input from Trump himself. Given the alternative of Mike Pense - I actually hope it doesn't happen but if the GOP can't control Trump - they obviously have many options available to them.