The hunt for a smoking gun in investigating Trump | By julianzelizer for CNNOpinion
Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book "Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
As we wait for Robert Mueller's report to drop and with House Democrats launching investigations into the administration, many are wondering if there will be a"smoking gun" that proves President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached. Trying to find a smoking gun in a federal investigation is not new. In every investigation since Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, politicians have assumed that it was necessary to discover a concrete piece of evidence that can prove with total certainty that a president committed"high crimes and misdemeanors." With Ronald Reagan's Iran Contra scandal, a smoking gun was never found. With President Bill Clinton, it was Monica Lewinsky's blue dress.
Cuomo and Lemon: Trump should want Mueller report out 02:43 Indeed, even with Nixon, the House Judiciary Committee had already voted in favor of three articles of impeachment, with Republican support, before the tape became public. The decision came after months of congressional and prosecutorial investigations -- based on witness testimony and documentary evidence -- that had put together a picture of how Nixon had abused his presidential power.
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