ABC News:
Could a guilty verdict for a former aide bring further criminal scrutiny of Vice President Dick Cheney?
"Yes," said Sol Weisenberg, a former deputy independent counsel to former Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr.
As a federal jury deliberates the fate of former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, several watchers agree. If the jury decides Libby knew he was lying to investigators, it could spur investigators to explore further whether Cheney was involved in conspiring to obstruct justice, they believe.
Columnist Wil S. Hylton has written up six articles of impeachment in the March issue of GQ. Despite the novelty element, they look pretty solid.
And let me head off something I know is coming. Every time I write anything about impeachment, someone tells me that subject X doesn't meet the constitutional requirement of 'high crimes and misdemeanors.' You show me where that phrase is defined and we'll talk. Otherwise, congress defines it and they could impeach for something as inconsequential as a parking ticket. Ask Bill Clinton.
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