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CNN CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto December 12, 2019 15:01:00

the powers of his office to obtain and publish the phone records of the president's personal attorney, a member of the media and the ranking member of that same committee. but that doesn't make alleged abuse of power a high crime or misdemeanor. in their newly authored memo on constitutional grounds for impeachment, the majority of this committee goes to great lengths to explain why abuse of power is an impeachable offense, mentioning it was one of the charges against richard nixon and bill clinton. what they don't mention is that the house of representatives has never adopted alleged abuse of power as a presidential im impeachment. abuse of power is a vague, ambiguous term open to the interpretation of every individual. because abuse of power lacks a concise legal definition, there's a higher burden of proof on those pursuing such a charge to show the actions that the

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