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Adam Schiff: “If the Congress cannot, because the president prevents it, investigate the President's own wrongdoing, there will never…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2020
If the Congress cannot, because the president prevents it, investigate the President's own wrongdoing, there will never be in Article 1 because there will be no more impeachment power.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff argues that if Congress cannot investigate the president, the impeachment power would effectively cease to exist.

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