Impeachment proceedings against Trump

A combination of news articles and science journal articles on the subject of hydraulic fracturing and earthquakes:
Parts of Oklahoma now have the same earthquake risk as California — and a new study found a scarily direct link to fracking
Erin Brodwin, Business Insider
Feb. 2, 2018

Oklahoma Toughens Oil Fracking Rules After Shale Earthquakes
By David Wethe, Bloomberg
February 27, 2018

Oklahoma’s induced seismicity strongly linked to wastewater injection depth
Thea Hincks, Willy Aspinall, Roger Cooke, Thomas Gernon
Science 01 Feb 2018: eaap7911
DOI: 10.1126/science.aap7911

Discriminating between natural versus induced seismicity from long-term deformation history of intraplate faults
Maria Beatrice Magnani, Michael L. Blanpied, Heather R. DeShon, and Matthew J. Hornbach
Science Advances 24 Nov 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 11, e1701593
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701593

Potentially induced earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA: Links between wastewater injection and the 2011 Mw 5.7 earthquake sequence
Katie M. Keranen, Heather M. Savage, Geoffrey A. Abers, Elizabeth S. Cochran
Geology (2013) 41 (6): 699-702.
DOI: doi.org/10.1130/G34045.1
Published: June 01, 2013

Thanks To Fracking, Earthquake Hazards In Parts Of Oklahoma Now Comparable To California
James Conca , Contributor, Forbes
Sep 7, 2016

There is a connection between fracking and earthquakes in the central and eastern United States (Figure 1). But the earthquakes are not a result of fracking itself. They mostly result from the injection of fracking wastewater and other waste and production water, even from non-fracking wells, at depths well-below the fracking horizon. The larger the volumes of water injected into the subsurface, the larger the earthquakes can be.

The United States Geological Survey just produced a seismic hazard forecast for 2016 for the central and eastern United States that includes both induced and natural earthquakes. While almost all of the fracking-induced or triggered earthquakes are small -- less than magnitude 3, which can’t be felt by most people -- enough are above 3 that the USGS predicted a 5% to 17% chance of significant damage to homes and structures in just the year 2016 for areas of north-central Oklahoma and southern Kansas where fracking occurs. Presumably, this will continue each year as long as fracking continues close to the present rate.

Now, to get back to the topic at hand. To address something parkcobound said a while back, I agree that grandstanding and filing impeachment articles before having all the facts at hand is jumping the gun but sometimes political statements need to be made when the other party is derelict in discharging their duties (see Adam Schiff's complaints about Republicans on the House Intel Committee not following through and requesting interviews with key witnesses or documents from individuals involved in their investigations).

As I mentioned before, I started this topic with the title because it is a fact that articles of impeachment were filed. Whether or not the process moves any further along is still a matter to be seen, but there is more than enough probable cause for this Special Counsel investigation to be conducted. The sources I have been quoting are ones that I discovered and have been watching and analyzing for some time before I ever posted anything from them as to the veracity of their claims. Their track records have held up so by and large I choose to believe what they post, and they do claim that Mueller is on Round 2 or 3 of Round 15 and that Trump and his whole family, many of his cabinet, members of Congress and some media as well as international criminals are all going down. You are free to agree or disagree, this topic is for discussion of any viewpoints. My goal with it is to keep up with new information as it comes out, and my apologies for slacking here the past couple of weeks - I hadn't even realized that I'd forgotten to post the Democratic memo response to Devin Nunes's memo, which addresses your comment FH.

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo

Norm Eisen Verified account @NormEisen Feb 25

Have now read and analyzed Nunes & Schiff memos. Can come to only 1 conclusion: Nunes, GOP leaders, & Trump intentionally lied 2hurt FBI & USA and benefit Russia. That is unlike anything we have seen—far worse than McCarthy or Nixon, who were not aiding our foreign adversaries

Citizens for Ethics Verified account @CREWcrew Feb 24

"Schiff quotes key FBI documents that explicitly contradict the Nunes memo’s core arguments. Any fair-minded observer who reads these two documents side-by-side can only conclude one thing: Nunes is either deeply misinformed or straight-up lying."
www.vox.com/world/2018/2/24/17048936/dem...al-nunes-schiff-memo

A Democratic Memo Undercuts Key Republican Complaints About the FBI
NATASHA BERTRAND, The Atlantic | FEB 24, 2018

Caroline O. @RVAwonk Feb 24

Another important takeaway from Schiff memo: The FISA warrant against Carter page was approved by four different federal judges:
-2 appointed by George W. Bush
-1 appointed by George H.W. Bush
-1 appointed by Reagan

...so, pretty hard to argue "liberal bias"

Walter Shaub Verified account @waltschaub

This is a stunning development in a once great nation. The leaders of the House intelligence committee, who handle classified material, are leakers. Worse, they leak for partisan political gain. What disgraceful corruption. Nunes must be replaced as chair.

Nicholas Fandos Verified account @npfandos
NEWS: The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee have privately concluded that the HPSCI majority leaked Mark Warner's private text messages to Fox News. nyti.ms/2taZJlO
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Mueller Weighs Putting Off Trump Obstruction Decision
By Chris Strohm and Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg
March 12, 2018