Trump’s statements and actions with regard to Ukraine appear to fit one of the few offenses the Constitution specifically lists as impeachable:ADADBribery. ADADBy contrast, no one can deny that bribery is impeachable, because the Constitution says it is. A Senate trial on bribery would evaluate impeachment the way the Constitution does: As a violation so grave it merits removal, without parsing the statutes that Congress passed decades after the Constitution was ratified. That is what the Founders intended when they listed only bribery, treason, and high crimes and misdemeanors as grounds for taking that step. If Congress, pursuing impeachment, begins with the Constitution’s text, it may find bribery is the right place to focus.

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2019 09:56 UTC