Donald Trump is not above the law- high crmes and misdemeanors

Letter to the editor published in The Connecticut New Haven Register - Donald Trump tried to leverage the Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, in other words, "bribery", for his own personal political purposes.

I'm calling on my representative to support drafting articles of impeachment and voting to impeach Donald Trump. It’s far past time for Congress to use its constitutionally given powers to stop Trump’s assault on our democracy and elections. After all, no one is above the law — not even the president of the United States.

Over the past few weeks, Trump’s lawlessness has risen to new heights. First, a whistleblower complaint (and White House “transcript”) showed that Trump bullied the Ukrainian government to interfere in the 2020 election by threatening to withhold military aid. Then, we learned that White House officials tried to cover up the conversation by hiding evidence of it on a secret server. Now, every time you turn on the news, there’s another country he’s pressuring to interfere in our elections for his own personal gain or a new memo that brings more criminal activity to light.

Poll after poll shows that more Americans support impeachment than ever before. Even some Republicans are starting to speak out in favor of investigating Trump’s activity. All of this is making it harder for those who still don’t support impeachment — Republicans and Democrats alike — to defend their position.

Trump is a threat to our elections — the very backbone of our democracy — and he’s acting as though he’s immune to the rule of law. As Congress continues its work on other important bread-and-butter issues, we also need them to use the impeachment process to remind Trump that every American is beholden to the rule of law.

From Dominic Percopo in West Haven Connecticut