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Together they carefully weighed what the grounds for impeachment should be. they agreed on treason and bribery. also proposed was maladministration. james madison objected. he said that was too vague. impeachment wasn't a remedy for a bad president. but what if a president, madison asked, were to cook up a scheme of speculation? in other words, what if the president were a crook? so george mason of virginia came up with a broader phrase -- high crimes and misdemeanors, and that is article ii, section 4 of the american constitution. there was a moment in our history when it saved american democ...

Re-election, a very personal goal, having nothing to do with public policy. there is a history of looking at impeachment and seeing if there was a good faith reason for any act that a president >> let me plea one piece of sound from the person in question, president trump who has spoken in broadways about something that david has referred to. which is he does have under the constitution these powers. what i want to do is turn to the other part of this debate, the senate part -- >> can i just make one point? >> i'm going to go back to you, first follow my lead. i'm going to play the president t...

House. >> this president of the united states is stooping to a level that is beneath the dignity of the constitution of the united states and our founders. since the chairman mentioned our founders, they put guardrails in the constitution because they knew there might be someone who would overplay his or her power. they never thought that we would have a president who would kick those guardrails over and disregard the constitution and say article ii says that i will do whatever i feel like. >> a busy hour ahead. we begin on capitol hill with a show of force from the house speaker nancy pelosi....

Million from a crooked oligarch in ukraine? how long would it take for the democrats to investigate us? and how long would it take for "the washington post" and the new york times to have glaring headlines? until we cure that, we're going to be a divided country. maria: yeah. >> and until our republican friends realize that we're really not in bad faith, that this is really serious and that i am concerned as i have been from the time i was an assistant u.s. attorney, i find the sale of public office to be disgusting. and they weren't hiring hunter biden. there were a hundred reasons why they w...

The president, putting him in a bad spot. pompeo is upset with you, apparently. a.g. barr said i should not be lumped into the same situation as the president's personal lawyer. i am the attorney general. is that what's happening? is there a blurring of lines here? >> no there isn't a blurring of lines here. i am representing the president, and i am bringing out facts that the swamp wants to cover up. i knew the moment biden was mentioned that it would be more difficult to do this, because they'd all circle the wagons and try to protect him. the reality is, is the president of the united state...