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Still feared one threat above all, foreign interference in our elections. they had just opposed a tyrant and they were worried that we would lose our new-found liberty, not from a war, but through corruption from within. in the early years of the public they asked each of us to be vigilant to that threat. washington warned us, quote, to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. adams wrote to jefferson, quote, as often as elections happen, the danger of foreign influence recurs. hamilton's warning wa...

Concern that the president subordinate to the law and not above the law. james madison, the principal draftsman then spoke up. he said it was, quote, indispensable that some pro vig vision be made for impeachment. he said standing for re-election was, quote, not a sufficient security, closed quote, against presidential misconduct or corruption. a president he said might betray his trust to foreign powers. a president who in a corrupt fashion abused the office of the presidency, said james madison, quote, might be fatal to the republic, closed quote. and then a remarkable thing happened in the ...

Intimidating witnesses. then as now this administration's level of obstruction is without precedent. no other president has vowed to, quote, fight all of the subpoenas, unquote, as president trump promised. in the 1974 impeachment proceedings, president nixon produced dozens of recordings. in 1998, president clinton physically gave his blood. president trump, by contrast, has refused to produce a single document and directed every witness not to testify. those are the facts before us. the impeachment inquiry has moved back to the house judiciary committee. and as we begin a review of these fac...

Members of the constitutional convention actually moved to take out the impeachment provision from the draft constitution. and they had a reason for that, and the reason was they said well, the president will have to stand for re-election. and if the president has to stand for re-election, that is enough. we don't need a separate provision for impeachment. when that proposal was made, significant disagreement ensued. the governor of north carolina, a man called william davy, immediately said if the president cannot be impeached, quote, he will spare no effort or means whatever to get himself r...

Time that president trump has engaged in this pattern of conduct. in 2016, the russian government engaged in a sweeping and systematic campaign of interference in our elections. in the words of special counsel robert mueller, quote, the russian government perceived it would benefit from a president trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, closed quote. the president welcomed that interference. we saw this in real time when president trump asked russia to hack his political opponent. the very next day, a russian military intelligence unit attempted to hack that political opponent. wh...