“President Trump welcomed foreign interference in the 2016 election. And today’s is a waste of time.” “President Trump’s conduct as described in the testimony and evidence clearly constitutes impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors under the Constitution. It’s not wrong because President Trump is right — his call was anything but perfect. Foreign governments don’t interfere in our elections to benefit us — they intervene to benefit themselves.” “Professor Feldman, did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power based on that evidence and those findings?” “Based on that evidence and those findings, the president did commit an impeachable abuse of office.” “Professor Karlan? Same question.” “Same answer.” “And Professor Gerhardt, did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power?” “We three are unanimous, yes.” “I’ve gone through all of the crimes mentioned.

Source: New York Times December 05, 2019 00:43 UTC