government. he said they would influence what we thought. the very idea that a president might seek the aid of a foreign government in his re-election campaign would have harified them. based on the evidentially record, that is what president trump has done. the list of impeachable offenses that the framers included in the constitution shows that the essence of an impeachable offense is a president's decision to sacrifice the national interests for his own private ends. treason, the first thing listed, laying an individual's giving aid to a foreign enemy, that is putting a foreign enemy adversa adversary's interests above the interests of the united states. bribery occurred when an official solicited or received or benefit influential action, ricking he would put his private welfare above the national interests and high crimes and