Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Impeachment Is Getting More Likely

There are still plenty of unknowns. But the president’s attempts to conceal his conduct are ominous.

December 10, 2018 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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I’m no lawyer, so I’ll leave it to others to analyze the legal trouble that President Donald Trump and his associates appear to be in, based on what prosecutors have revealed recently. See summaries at Lawfare and Just Security, as well as my Bloomberg Opinion colleague Timothy L. O’Brien, who is always a must-read on Trump details.

But as far as the politics go, I can say that the case for impeachment and removal has become quite a bit stronger than it was a month ago, and at least somewhat more likely to happen. There are still plenty of unknowns, of course. But it’s more likely.