Ralph Nader on Tuesday said President Obama has committed impeachable offenses dating back to the United States’ effort in 2011 to create a no-fly zone in Libya.
Nader, who had previously called for Obama’s impeachment, said Congress would not take up articles of impeachment at the time of the Libya mission because it has “abdicated” its responsibility in matters of war.
{mosads}”Libya was the most egregious violation of the Constitution by President Obama,” Nader told ABC News-Yahoo News. “He attacked Libya with European nations without a declaration of war, he didn’t ask Congress for an authorization of funds. He didn’t get an appropriation of funds from Congress. He found a billion and a half dollars somewhere in the Pentagon budget. That is an impeachable offense flat out.”
“The reason why Congress doesn’t want to do it is because it abdicated its own responsibility under the Constitution.”