Rep. Jerry Nadler lists 'the ABCs of high crimes and misdemeanors': 'Abuse of power, betrayal of the nation through foreign entanglements, and corruption of elections.' 'The Framers believed that any one of these standing alone justified removal.'
"This difficult moment in our country calls for seriousness and seriousness of purpose," David Pressman, who serves as counsel to the Army officer who defied White House orders and appeared before the House impeachment probe, said in a statement.
Demings and Lofgren use WhatsApp exchanges provided by indicted Giuliani associated Lev Parnas between himself and Giuliani as more evidence that Giuliani pushed for the firing of Yovanovich. Val Demings speaks on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 23, 2020, in Washington, DC.
I noted at 3:48 p.m. that every senator was at his or her desk. None were standing or absent at that point. Adam Schiff had the room’s full attention.Senate floor during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 23, 2020, in Washington, DC. Schiff argues that then-incoming Ukrainian President Zelenskiy had run on a campaign of reforming corruption, so why was it Trump's focus now instead of on the former administration?
"The evidence is consistent. It establishes clearly that President Trump did not care about corruption, to the contrary he was pursuing a corrupt aim. He wanted Ukraine to do the exact thing that American policy officials have tried for years to stop foreign governments from doing - corrupt investigations of political rivals," Schiff said.
"President Trump abused his authority as commander in chief and chief diplomat to benefit himself and he betrayed the interest of the American people when he did so," Schiff said. Jay Sekulow speaks with reporters during a break in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 23, 2020, at the Capitol in Washington, DC.When asked whether there would be a short session on Saturday, the president personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, says,"The Senate sets the rules on how we go, so we'll see how that goes."
House manager Sylvia Garcia lays out evidence the Democrats' say support that Trump abused his power in pushing for investigations into the Bidens and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. “As soon as President Trump took office, he increased military support to Ukraine in 2017 and in the next year, 2018, but it wasn't until 2019, over three years after Vice President Biden called for Viktor Shokin's removal --three years after -- that President Trump started pushing Ukraine to investigate his alleged conduct.
No milk drinkers yet. Republican Sen. Rand Paul has drawn a very impressive sketch of the U.S. Capitol. After further examination, however, it appears he is tracing it. He has placed it on his desk so as to display it to the press above. It’s the only writing on his white legal pad. When the clip of Sen. Graham was played Graham was the only senator absent from the chamber. Some Republicans smirked when they looked over and saw he wasn't there.Nadler boils down the Democratic case to the"ABCs of impeachment."
"Another who comes to mind is professor Alan Dershowitz. At least Alan Dershowitz in 1998. Back then here is what he had to say about impeachment for abuse of power," Nadler says before showing a video clip of Dershowitz from 1988. "When the president betrays our national security and foreign policy interests for his own personal gain, he is unquestionably subject to impeachment and removal," Nadler continues."The same is true of a different concern raised by the framers, the use of presidential power to corrupt the elections and the office of the presidency. As Madison emphasized, because the presidency was to be administered by a single man, his corruption might be fatal to the republic.
Jerry Nadler speaks on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 23, 2020, in Washington, DC."President Trump used the powers of his office to solicit a foreign nation to interfere in our elections for his own personal benefit. Note, that the act of solicitation itself, just the ask, constitutes an abuse of power. But President Trump went further," he says.
But first he offers some humor, possibly referring to reports of restless senators talking and walking around the chamber -- and some leaving. "You have now heard hundreds of hours of deposition and live testimony from the House condensed into an abbreviated narrative of the facts. We will now show you these facts and many others and how they are interwoven. You will see some of these facts and videos therefore in a new context, in a new light, in the light of what else we know and why it compels a finding of guilt and conviction, so there is some method to our madness."Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
"There are bunch of people on my side who want to call Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. I want to end this thing sooner rather than later," Graham says, explaining he will not vote for witness and documents."I want the American people to pick the next president not me, and so what I think is the best thing to happen is to have oversight of Ukrainian potential misconduct and move on to the election. I am not going to use my vote to extend the trial," Graham continues.11:48 a.m.
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