Trump hates being exposed as a liar, a traitor, and a con man.

Trump hates being exposed as a liar, a traitor, and a con man. Whatever your opinion of him, facts don't lie. You can't pick and chose the facts. 

To the president’s vocal frustration, federal judges have repeatedly enjoined his executive orders. Robert Mueller’s investigation has brought multiple convictions and plea deals from several key figures in his campaign as well as his administration.

General Mike Flynn - Guilty of lying to the FBI and Vice President Pence about the fact that sanctions were discussed in a December 2016 conversation with Moscow’s ambassador to the United States. He  pleaded guilty last year. Flynn admitted to lying during an FBI interview about the content of his conversations with Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the U.S.

Paul Manafort - Guilty of “multiple false statements” to federal investigators, Special Counsel Mueller, and a grand jury. Manafort lied about his contacts with Russian political consultant Konstantin Kilimnik, an individual affiliated with Russian intelligence. And he lied intentionally. If Manafort had told the truth, it would have been extremely damaging to Trump. Manafort lied about the conspiracy to break into the Democratic National Committee to steal records and lied about the conspiracy relating to the social media and the micro-targeting of voters and the use of the voter information that he provided to Kilimnik.”

Trump's former personal attourny, Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, among other crimes last year and was sentenced to three years in prison.

George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign adviser, was sentenced to prison for lying to the F.B.I. about his contacts with Russian intermediaries during the 2016 presidential race.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 34 people and three companies.  

The latest: longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted him with one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.

 Trump has evinced little respect for the rule of law. He has attempted to have both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired. His efforts to mislead, impede, and shut down Mueller’s investigation have now led the special counsel to consider whether the president obstructed justice.

The Framers were concerned that a president could abuse his authority in ways that would undermine the democratic process and that could not wait to be addressed. So they created a mechanism for considering whether a president is subverting the rule of law or pursuing his own self-interest at the expense of the general welfare—in short, whether his continued tenure in office poses a threat to the republic. This mechanism is impeachment.

“The purpose of impeachment is not personal punishment; its function is primarily to maintain constitutional government.” Impeachable offenses, it found, included “undermining the integrity of office, disregard of constitutional duties and oath of office, arrogation of power, abuse of the governmental process, adverse impact on the system of government.”