Democratic senator makes the case that Trump’s ‘slush fund’ is an impeachable offense

After the Trump administration unveiled an unprecedented $1.776 billion fund made up entirely of taxpayer money that is expected to benefit the president’s allies with no meaningful oversight, a great many Democrats, legal experts and even some Republicans agreed that Team Trump has created a corrupt and legally dubious “slush fund.”

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Sen. Ed Markey, however, went further than most. The Massachusetts Democrat described the developments as an impeachable offense. From the senator’s online statement:

Trump’s “weaponization fund” … is his latest impeachable offense: using the machinery of government and billions in taxpayer dollars to reward allies, pay off insurrectionists, and shield himself, his family, and associates from accountability. This is exactly the kind of corruption and abuse of public trust the Framers feared most. Impeach now.

At the outset, it’s worth acknowledging basic political realities: There’s a Republican-led Congress, which remains loyal to the Republican White House, so it’s simply unrealistic to think Donald Trump will face a serious impeachment push anytime soon.

But Markey didn’t suggest otherwise. Rather, he simply made the point that the underlying misconduct is itself the kind of abuse that warrants impeachment, whether such action is imminent or not.