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(6) Where does the evidence come from you might ask? Well, grand jury evidence for one thing. And certainly investigations by Nadler's committee staff and perhaps other sources. Testimony is fair game as well. This raises an interesting question as to subpoena, as we've seen...

(7) Trump Admin. officials and former officials push back on subpoenas. Anyways, Nadler and his Committee people and staff will have to make an historic determination (ball is in your court Jerry Nadler!) as to whether the evidence of Trump's actions are impeachable...

(8) If Jerry N. and his committee conclude -- based on facts and law -- that Trump's impeachable acts (it can be more than one, folks!) are sufficient to justify trial, then Jerry puts together a report, sends it to the House stating that one or more Articles of Impeachment...

(9) be considered and ultimately adopted. Note this could be for a number of offenses, including obstruction of justice from several years ago, or the most recent relevation of Trump's alleged improper communication with Ukraine regarding Joe Biden, and perhaps more...

(10) The full House could technically drop one or more of the Articles of Impeachment, but that's unlikely. So whatever Jerry N. and his committee sends to the full House in its recommendation will be final. The House will typically then vote on the articles. There is another...

(11) possible procedural quirk that the House could follow, but it doesn't warrant discussion here (for now). Anyways, if the House votes affirmatively, then a Bill of Impeachment (with the Articles of Impeachment; I'm going to assume with Trump multiple) gets sent to the Senate

RT @ira: Nancy Pelosi walking to the podium to finally announce impeachment https://t.co/pHoV8tgLie

(12) for a trial. We need 218 House members for a quorum to have a majority to move forward. Not too concerned about this since few, if any, members would dare skip out on a vote for presidential impeachment. But, in today's climate, who the hell knows what could happen...

(13) On that note, given the extreme hyper-partisanship in Congress right now, it is possible a vote for or against impeachment falls along party lines. Just read how Republicans are responding right now to Pelosi's call for an inquiry. A divided House vote on party lines is...

(14) bad news. Why? Well, a divided House vote on impeachment (say, all Republicans nay and all Dems yea) gives off the impression of party allegiance and motives, instead of reasoned and evidentiary determinations of wrong doing. As a result, Pelosi, Nadler and co. are going...