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