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History Shows Impeachment Battles Risky and Unpredictable

Jim Malone

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made history this past week, but
   not the kind he had hoped for. Trump is now the fourth U.S. president
   to become the subject of an impeachment inquiry, the U.S.
   constitutional process whereby Congress may remove a president from
   office.

   But if history is any guide, both sides should take note that the
   politics of impeachment are complicated and risky, and the eventual
   outcome and fallout are often hard to predict.

   What is clear from the past several days is that Donald Trump is now
   fully engaged in a battle to save his presidency.

   "What these guys are doing, Democrats, are doing to this country is a
   disgrace and it shouldn't be allowed," Trump told reporters Thursday.
   "There should be a way of stopping it. Maybe legally through the
   courts."

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