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On the recordJanuary 20, 2020
If he can't be indicted and he can't be impeached, and he can't be removed, then he can't be held accountable.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff argued that if the President cannot be held accountable through indictment or impeachment, it undermines the Constitution.

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