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Clearly wanted to prevent a situation where the president was using his powers and his authority for self-dealing, to gain something personally. we see this in a number of different parts of the constitution. the emoluments clause, bribery is a grounds of impeachment. they were very worried about this. what we see in this situation is exactly that, is using the cloak and authority of the presidency to pressure a foreign government to engage in actions that will provide him with assistance in his...

More detail on the dealings with joe biden. are we going to get it and are we going to get it soon? >> if one thing unites the american people outside the beltway they are sick and tired of angry at the culture of self-dealing in washington dc. any example of high officials bartering favorable policy or accommodations, for personal gain such as the case with the clinton foundation just gets everybody riled up. of something like that took place here we know joe biden has been bragging on videotap...

And this is right where donald trump lives. he is a profoundly lawless individual. and if any opening is given to him where he can self-deal, hell self deal. you put up the op ed earlier by neal and george that was in the "washington post" and one of the graphs in there i thought was most striking is they rightly pointed out that the framers were worried about self-dealing. and a president that self-deals to such an extent that it undermines the national interests. you now have a clear example o...

The answer. but its also an evasion of the constitutional responsibility and duty of congress to hold a president whos lawless accountable. they have the power to do that. they must take that action. and right now, our national security is in danger, the self-dealing is evident. everything that was meant to be in the alternative, not as instead of indictment, but an alternative, is impeachment, and it must be taken. >> im going to give jeff quickly the last word on this. what would you tell both...

He has a lot of leeway when it comes to dealing with foreign leaders. you point out that his article 2 powers dont extend to offering quid pro quo. and if this it true this is an abuse of power. is it? >> absolutely. he cant use his article 2 power for personal gain. and if there ends up being any indication he offered something in his presidential authority in order to receive something that would benefit him personally for example in election. that is a problem. theres a reason that the framer...

Working across purposes of the presidents presidential and article 2 authorities. and you end up in these very thorny like constitutional questions. so, you know, for example, here, impeachment would be an ultimate remedy if there has been self-dealing. but if congress cannot obtain the evidence that would subst t substantiate an article of impeachment, then even that remedy falls apart. you end up with all these contradictions. id love to give reassurance. im not sure what to say at this point....

And if there ends up being any indication he offered something in his presidential authority in order to receive something that would benefit him personally for example in election. that is a problem. theres a reason that the framers of the constitution included bribery as impeachable defense. they didnt want self-dealing. heres the other thing. we just finished an investigation about foreign interference in the election. hello? and what -- and you know. >> what was it called? >> it started with...

Democrats in the united states do not take action against this potential corruption thats going on every day? >> well, it means that you have the republicans and the democrats agreeing that whatever it is that trump is doing isnt sufficient to warrant this conversation. and that has to be wrong. it has to be exactly inverted. democrats are supposed to be saying, look, the kinds of things that nixon was -- the articles of impeachment against nixon, the articles of impeachment that were actually c...

That the president cannot profit off the presidency and weve heard a lot from the democrats as they look toward whether they should impreach president trump and about the mueller report and russia. but this is more politically palatable and it is about corruption and self-dealing and they think this is also a very rich vain because there is something new every day that is not appropriate, which is having the g-7 at his own resort or foreign leaders or his own administration tay at trump properti...

Investigation of sexual misconduct allegations before he was confirmed. first, you would be forgiven if the story of yet another subpoena to the trump administration flew under your radar this week given the unusual fire hose of trump scandal news. the flurry of headlines about his self-dealing as president. a nonprofit holding an event at his d.c. hotel featuring members of his cabinet. the debacle over the u.s. militarys frequent layovers at trumps turnberry resort in scotland, and the news th...