Hence The Future

Ep. 63 - The Future of Impeachment

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High Crimes, Misdemeanors, and the Future of the US Presidency 🇺🇸

In this episode, Mattimore sits down with Hence, The Future's political correspondent, Brett Ewer, to discuss how the current impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is likely to play out...

Key Questions:

  • What’s the most charitable interpretation of the phone call between Donald Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine?
  • What’s the most realistic interpretation of these events?
  • Who’s at fault: Trump, Rudy, Trump’s Cabinet, Zelensky, Barr, others?
  • What's the process for impeaching and removing a US president?
  • Does the phone call between Trump and Zelensky fall in the category of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors?”
  • What’s similar different about Trump’s impeachment inquiry as opposed to that of Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, and Andrew Johnson?
  • What’s the history of the whistleblower process and how has that factored into this inquiry?
  • How will impeachment affect into the 2020 election?
  • How will impeachment affect the Democratic candidates?
  • What do the polls indicate regarding public support for and against impeachment?
  • How have left wing and right wing media covered this incident, respectively, thus far?
  • How has media coverage in general changed since previous impeachments took place?
  • What are the main talking points used by Republicans to defend this incident?
  • What are the dangers that Republicans face if they do or don’t support impeachment?
  • How long will the impeachment process take, and what are the likely next steps and final outcome?

    • Future Scenarios:

    • Worst Case Scenario
    • Best Case Scenario
    • Most Likely Scenario

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