And i thought the threat to our nation was well articulated earlier today by Professor Feldman when you said, if we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy, we live in a monarchy or we live under a districtatorship. My view is if people cannot depend on the fairness of our elections, then what people are calling divisive today will be absolutely nothing compared to the shredding of our democracy. After the events of ukraine unfolded, the president claimed that the reason he requested an investigation into his political opponents and withheld desperately needed military aid for ukraine was supposedly because he was worried about corruption. However, contrary to president s statements, various witnesses, including Vice President pences special adviser jennifer williams, testified that the president s request was political. Take a listen. I found the july 25th phone call unusual because in contrast to other president ial ca
i noup recognize mr. gom ert for the purpose of unanimous consent request. yes. mr. chairman, i would ask consent to offer article by daniel huff without objection. the article will be entered into the record. and i recognize mr. resh enthraller to question the witnesses. thank you, mr. chairman. i m starting off today doing something that i don t normally do and i m going to quote speaker of the house nancy pelosi. in march the speaker told the washington post i m going to quote this, impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there is something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan i don t think we should go down that path because it divides the country. well on that the speaker and i both agree. and you know who else agrees? the founding fathers. the founding fathers recognize that crimes warranting impeachment must be so severe regardless of political party that there is an agreement the