ADThe Trump lawyers’ challenge to the Senate began with their answer to the very first question from senators. For a president psychologically incapable of distinguishing between his own personal interests and the nation’s, that amounts to the ultimate get-out-of-impeachment-free card. If he’s president, under a Constitution that refers to impeachment specifically for “bribery,” as well other “high crimes and misdemeanors,” he should still be removed. It’s also not true that “abuse of power” is not impeachable, or that a statutory crime is necessary for impeachment. And corruption, for all the Trump lawyers’ attempt to muddy the waters with tortured interpretations of the Constitution, is what this impeachment is all about.

Source: Washington Post January 30, 2020 23:26 UTC