House Democrats launched Phase Two of their impeachment case to the Senate today: the constitutional argument for why President Trump should be removed from office
on Thursday: the constitutional argument for why President Donald Trump should be removed from office.
“Impeachment is the Constitution's final answer to a president who mistakes himself as a king,” Nadler said. Trump’s alleged misconduct “puts even President Nixon to shame,” he added. Garcia’s presentation included video clips of the witnesses who testified before House impeachment investigators last year, all of whom said Biden’s efforts to push out the former top Ukrainian prosecutor were in accordance with official U.S. policy. Garcia also made the case that Trump only undertook the alleged effort to pressure the Ukrainians until Biden jumped into the presidential race and presented a formidable challenge to Trump.
Trump brought Alan Dershowitz, a criminal defense attorney and former Harvard law professor, onto his legal team to push back against the idea that a president can be removed from office without being accused of a statutory crime. Specifically, Dershowitz has said that impeachable conduct should be “criminal-like.”“Frankly, that argument itself is terrifying,” Nadler said. “It confirms that this president sees no limit on his power.
“He couldn't even go to Jonathan Turley, their expert in the House, for an opinion. No, they had to go outside of these experts, outside of constitutional law, to a criminal defense lawyer and professor,” Schiff said. “And why? Because they can't contest the facts.”
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