Impeachment hearings should have begun after the report’s release, and the report inspired many elected officials to deem them necessary. But it’s critical to remember that Congress could have started in 2017, when the first articles of impeachment were filed by Representatives Brad Sherman and Al Green. The Mueller report was never necessary for impeachment, because Trump had committed impeachable offenses outside the purview of the probe—like emoluments violations, abuse of migrants, and abuse of the pardon power—every week for over two years. Impeaching the person responsible for these
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