President Trump said Tuesday night he is not concerned about getting impeached when Democrats take control of the House next year and argued “people would revolt” if they tried.
“It’s hard to impeach somebody who hasn’t done anything wrong and who’s created the greatest economy in the history of our country,” Trump told Reuters Tuesday evening, repeating a frequent claim based on strong economic indicators.
“I’m not concerned, no,” he said. “I think that the people would revolt if that happened.”
Some House Democrats have pursued impeachment votes before, over the objections of party leadership. A Democratic majority might find it difficult to tune out these voices.
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Fresh utterances of potential impeachment proceedings began circulating among Democrats last week after court filings all but named the president as being a part of two hush-money payments former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen made to women who reported to have had affairs with Trump.
Federal prosecutors in New York announced last week their intentions to send Cohen to prison for a “substantial term” for his role in the payments. Prosecutors said that Cohen committed campaign finance crimes “in coordination with and at the direction of” Individual 1, who is widely agreed to be the president.
The president originally denied knowing about any hush-money payments made while he was running for president. After reports surfaced that he had made payments in exchange for the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels, Trump acknowledged that particular payment.
Trump did not say whether or not he ever discussed campaign finance laws with Cohen, claiming that Cohen was a lawyer and he assumed “he would know what he’s doing.”
