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Covers what the president engaged in, which was abuse of power, betrayal of our national security, and corruption of our elections. >> mm-hmm. >> he attempted to do all three of those, and it was important for scholars to say that even though we could not speak for the framers, the framers were fearful of kings, monarchs. they had fled england, and they didn't want to see someone who could do whatever they wanted to do. and we've heard the president over and over say that he's an article ii president, meaning the executive has any power it desires. that is not accurate. >> he has said he belie...

>> as i said this morning, i'm really sorry the president made this necessary by his complete disregard for the vision of our founders, for his -- for what he is doing. article ii says i can do whatever i want, completely contrary to what our founders had in mind. allha along i said, for two yea, this is -- an impeachment is not a pleasant experience. it can be divisive. we don't take any glee in this at all. it'sat heartbreaking, but the president gave us no choice. so we're not going to say, well, we would honor our oath of office. but what?of he's the one dividing the country on this. we ar...

Believes are his powers as president, everything. he has uniquely discovered article ii. in today's judiciary committee impeachment hearing democrats called upon the legal experts to explain the legal arguments for congress to impeach president trump under its own powers outlined by the constitution. three of the four witnesses argued president trump had in fact committed impeachable offenses specifically abuse of power, bribery and obstruction. >> drawing a foreign government into our elections is an especially serious abuse of power because it undermines democracy itself. >> bribery had a cl...

Nixon action obstruction of congress. obstruction of justice by refusing to play the role that article ii assigns to the president of the united states. that's interfering with the proper workings of government. that's quite essentially what the impeachment and removal power is aimed at. they better come up with something else by way of defense if and when this thing goes to the senate or there's not going to be much to talk about. >> but what do you make of a republican senate in which so far the no defense is an adequate defense for republican senators? >> well, it's no defense at all. i don...

Specific item mentioned in the impeachment provision in article ii, section 5, i think. it lays out treason, then bribery, then impeachable offenses. bribery was number two. and the reason treason and bribery were so high on the list was the concern mentioned by one of your prior guests in the founding of the republic. people in official office, particularly the president, used that position as a way to self enrichment. and so bribery is a huge red flag. >> yeah. >> teamt seems to me that the report lays that out. >> we have 30 seconds left that you see the outline of three articles of impeach...