Attorney General Todd Blanche once again threatened to prosecute newly elected Democrats for speech promising accountability for Donald Trump and his cabinet.
For the third time in two days, Blanche warned about comments from Democrats, indicating it was his job as the chief law enforcement official to stop them from escalating to crimes.
Many Democrats campaigned on rooting out government corruption, with promises to hold the Trump administration accountable. Following a big blue sweep in the midterms, Democrats quickly announced probes into top officials, including Blanche himself.
There is no law against advocating for impeachment. If there were such a law it would be blatantly unconstitutional on first amendment grounds.
What I haven’t seen pointed out yet is that even if there were some case that could be made, the speech and debate clause still covers this and grants immunity to members of congress for this very reason.
Unfortunately, even with 56 Democrats in the senate it would still take at least 11 Republican senators to remove Blanche from office (assuming no absences). I’m not terribly optimistic that anything he does will ever be enough to sway those votes. But if anything is likely to do it, it’s gonna be systematically tearing through the safeguards that protect those very senators.