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>> there is no higher crime than abuse of power. that includes a whole range of activities, including bribery, potentially. they're going to see that in the judiciary committee and hopefully in the senate, but this is what our framers spoke about when they spoke about articles of impeachment. the constitution is the supreme law of the land. so violations of the constitution is a crime. it's a constitutional crime. >> why not say bribery? >> because this is much worse. abuse of power is worse and it includes bribery and a range of other activities, using the power of your office to advance your...

Just made and i'll read from it. the primary check on a president's power is political. if a president behaves poorly voters can punish him or his party at the polls. but a president who corrupts the system of elections seeks to place himself beyond the reach of this political check. at the constitutional convention george mason described the impeachable offenses as attempt to subvert the constitution. corrupting elections subverts the process by which the constitution makes the president democratically accountable. this is what impeachment is for. i ask my republican colleagues how many of yo...

Because this, again, is a letter signed by more than 500 constitutional scholars. i think some of the confusion my colleagues have been struggling with is the difference between impeachable offenses and violations of the criminal statute. they write, impeachment is a remedy for grave abuses of the public trust. impeachment is an especially essential remedy for conduct that corrupts elections. the primary check on a president is political. if a president behaves poorly voters can punish him or her at the polls. a president who corrupts the system of elections seeks to place himself beyond the r...

Hardest job today who is the minority counsel. >> one of the things republicans have said is you know what? three months later after he froze it, the president are leased the aid, the military aid to ukraine. so no harm, no foul. that's not what the house judiciary committee put out. here's an excerpt from friday. a president cannot escape impeachment because of corrupting elections was discovered and abandoned. there's been great reporting by us obviously and "the new york times" and "washington post" about the timing of when he found out things obviously from the white house counsel. all of ...