A Harvard Law professor is claiming that Donald Trump’s wild accusations against former President Barack Obama could be yet more grounds for impeachment.

Professor Noah Feldman says that Trump’s tweets that allege that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, if not proven, could be a justification to impeach the current President.

There has been almost continuous talk of impeachment since the President was inaugurated. Although no motion has as yet been filed, there have already been calls to impeach the President for potential violations of the Constitution’s Emolument Clause, or for other suspect financial dealings. In addition, the widening Russian scandal may have the potential to bring down the President.

Some pundits have even speculated that there may be cause to invoke the 25th Amendment based on the President’s erratic behavior.

Early Saturday morning the President deluged the internet with a bizarre unprovoked series of tweets:

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

Is it legal for a sitting President to be “wire tapping” a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

Beyond the tweets themselves, the so-called President offered no evidence or other justification for the charges. Bizarrely, he encouraged Congress to investigate the matter, although the tweets themselves indicate that he already has evidence.

Many observers – of course – assume that this is simply a ruse to deflect attention from the widening Russia scandal which has already cost the Administration one senior advisor and has now ensnared the Attorney General.

Feldman acknowledges that if the allegations were to be proven true that it would be an epic scandal, perhaps comparable to Watergate, but conversely if the allegations are not proven it would represent significant and impeachable misconduct on the part of the current President:

If the allegation is not true and is unsupported by evidence, that too should be a scandal on a major scale. This is the kind of accusation that, taken as part of a broader course of conduct, could get the current president impeached”

The Harvard Professor explains that the President, although exempt from libel laws in his official capacity, is subject to oversight: “An allegation of potentially criminal misconduct made without evidence is itself a form of serious misconduct by the government official who makes it.”

It remains to be seen if the President can and will produce any evidence to support his allegations before becoming further embroiled in the widening RussiaGate scandal that has been dominating Washington for the past several weeks.

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