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Densically record shows wrong acts on that scale here. It shows a president who delayed meeting a foreign leader and provided assistance that congressed a his own advisers agrees serves our National Interests in promoting democracy and in limiting russian aggression. Saying, russia, if youre listening, you know, a president who cant have the Constitution Say russia if you are listening, but out of our elections. It shows a president who did this to strong arm a foreign leader into smearing one of the president s opponents in our ongoing election season. Thats not politics as usual. At least no...

>> do president trump's demands on ukraine also establish the high crime of bribery? >> yes, they do. >>. >> can you explain why, please? >> sure. so, the high crime or misdemeanor bribery i think it's important to distinguish that from whatever the u.s. code calls bribery today. and the reason for this, in part, is because -- >> thank you. >> -- in fine 89 when the framers were writing the constitution, there was no federal criminal code. the first bribery statutes that the united states congress passed would not have reached a president at all because the first one was just about customs off...

>> do president trump's demands on ukraine also establish the high crime of bribery? >> yes, they do. >> can you explain why, please? >> sure. so the high crime or misdemeanor bribery, i think it's important to distinguish that from whatever the u.s. code calls bribery today. the reason for this in part is because in 1789 when the framers were writing the constitution, there was no federal criminal code. the first bribery statutes that the united states congress passed would not have reached a president at all. the first was just about customs officials. the second one was only about judges. i...

And there's every reason to expect we'll hear testimony about the scheme to remove her from her post. congresswoman val demings of florida. the speaker used the word bribery today. do you think that's an accurate characterization of what the president and his associates did? >> well, it's great to be with you. as a former law enforcement officer i think the word bribery is quite appropriate because basically if we look at the read out that was released by the white house, the president during the call with president zelensky, when president zelensky said i'm just about ready to purchase more j...

People who watched online. despite republican efforts to turn yesterday's hearing into a circus, it was a rare occasion where substance won out over theatrics. in fact today speaker pelosi, nancy pelosi, said the hearing bolstered the central charge that the president attempted to bribe ukraine by trading arms for dirt. >> the devastating testimony corroborated evidence of bribery, uncovered in the inquiry, and the president abused power and violated his oath by threatening to withhold military aid in a white house meeting in exchange for an investigation into his political rival. the bribe is...