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>> that he has the right to do whatever he wants as president. that is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. that is not what the constitution provides. that is not what the country demands. he does not have the right to do whatever he wants. turning to the second abuse of power concern. betrayal of the nation with foreign powers. the american people have suffered that foreign influence. when president trump treated military aid that had been approved, taxpayer dollars and decid...

Told the story. they on their own produced documents that provide uncontroverted, clear and overwhelming evidence that president trump did this scheme. he put his political reelection interests over the nations national security and the integrity of its elections. he did it intentionally and corruptly and he abused his powers in ways the founders feared the most. no person in this country has the ability to prevent investigations and neither does the president. our constitution does not allow it...

Public office for private gain. and we agree that no president may put himself before the country. the constitution and his oath of office, his promise to american citizens require the president to put the country first. if we could drop our blinders for just one moment i think we would agree on a common set of facts as well. on july 25th, president trump called president zelensky of ukraine and asked him for a favor. that call was part of a concerted effort by president trump to compel the gove...

Uphold the constitution. that was a massive malpractice. they dont care about what actually was in the transcript. they dont actually care what happened. we heard last week from witnesses they dont even care that the aid was released. they are looking at the facts to make it fit their narrative. what else happened? you know, this is also the chairman schiff who also said that there was collusion in plain sight. it was there before the mueller report ever came out. all this was going to happen. m...

Dangers of would be monarchs, populous and dem gods. they knew the most dangerous threat might come if within in the form of a corrupt executive who put his private interests above the interests of the nation. they also knew that they could not anticipate every threat a president might someday pose so they adopted the phrase treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors. george mason said it was meant to capture all manner of great and dangerous offenses against the constitution. the deba...

Made clear it is a requirement that the president be a person who does not abuse his power. it is a requirement that the president be a person who does not risk national security of this nation and the integrity of our elections in order to further his own reelection prospects. it is a requirement that the president not be a person who acts as though he is above the law in putting his personal and political interests above the nations interests. thats the lesson of the constitution. that is the ...

The remedy they imposed was that if a president commits a grave offense, a high crime or misdemeanor, this body has the power to impeach that president. they wanted to insure that a president could not serve his own interests over that of the nation. it flows from the very oath that all members of this body must take. to bear faith and allegiance to the constitution. its why were here today and it is an unfortunate occasion that these proceedings are necessary. but the presidents actions have le...

President betrayed the national interest by putting his own political prospects over the national security of our country. it is clear that the president risked corrupting our elections by inviting foreign interference to knock out an adversary to help his prospects in reelection. it is why in debating the constitution james madison warned that because the presidency was to be administered by a single man, his corruption might be fatal to the republic. the scheme by president trump was so brazen...

Constitution of the united states. if the president puts himself before the country, he violates the presidents most basic responsibility. he breaks his oath to the american people. if he puts himself before the country in a manner thats threatens our democracy, then our oath, our promise to the american people, requires us to come to the defense of the nation. that oath stands even when it is politically inconvenient and might bring us under chris sis many, even when it might cost us our jobs a...