Day One Impeachment

Dear Congressmen Mo Brooks/U.S. House of Representatives

In October, this year, you were quoted the following response with respect to Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a “private e-mail server” to conduct official business.

“I don't know, off hand, whether her(Hillary Clinton) commission of these offenses is a legal barrier to running for president”

It appears many want “jail time” for Hillary, or in your case an “impeachment” hearing on Day One if that be the case Hillary wins the general election. I am a Democrat, but also believe strongly that she did violate that “oath of office” with the use of such device and what appears to be self-incrimination before the Trey Gowdy Benghazi Committee. Everybody seems to want “blood out of a turnip”, looking for violations that amount to possible “espionage” act concerns, through possible breach of classified documents. Hillary is not going to jail, we all know that “immunity” reaches very far out when high ranking officials violate the “Trust”. But there exists a “Law” already that finds Hillary Rodham Clinton “disqualified from holding any office under the United States”;

18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, Removal, or Mutilation generally: (b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

The fine for violations the above Code rests at $2000USD. Yes, this can be considered a “simple mistake” crime, but it is the caveat of “be disqualified from holding any office under the United States” that finds merit as to why the GOP should be trying its best to find closure this issue by using “simple” tactics that provide far reaching consequences, and then we would not have to worry about an “impeachment” hearing, as a “disqualification” is knocking at our doors – just need somebody to answer that knock!

S. Pam McGee