Why Senate Republicans might just impeach Trump

It remains unlikely. But it could happen.

President Donald Trump surrounded by members of Congress.
(Image credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Political obsessives in Washington and around the country are waiting with bated breath to see whether Congress will "release the memo" that House Republicans say proves FBI impropriety in the Russia-related investigation of President Trump.

The FBI, for its part, has warned of "grave concerns" in releasing a memo with severe "omissions of fact." It will be up to President Trump whether to heed them.

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.