The Ukraine funding bill poised to pass the Senate could be used as a predicate to impeach Donald Trump should he win a second term, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, argued Monday.
Vance joined a forum on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, along with Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and others.
Over the weekend, with 18 Republicans joining the Democrat majority, the Senate moved to close debate and go to a vote on a $95 billion supplemental spending bill for Ukraine, which is defending itself from Russia’s invasion, and Israel, which is attempting to eradicate Hamas after its Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
About $61 billion of aid would go to Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.
“There is actually a very good argument that the exact same legal justification for the impeachment of 2019 would hold with this legislation,” Vance said…