No President in history has directed the entire executive branch not to cooperate with an impeachment inquiry.
Adam Schiff
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Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has played a significant role in various legislative efforts and is known for his work on national security and intelligence issues. He served as the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, where he was involved in high-profile investigations and oversight of intelligence agencies.
All four of the constitutional scholars who testified, including the Republicans' own witness, have confirmed that abuse of power is an impeachable offense.
President Trump's actions, in fact, exemplify the Framers' fears and the very reason that abuse of power is a high crime.
Abuse of power is not a serious offense, that we should make light of the President's actions, not treat it as the constitutional violation that it is.
We are here because the President pressured a foreign government to target an American citizen for political gain.
We disagree with your effort, which is ongoing, to strip away healthcare protections from more than 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions.
We disagree with your policy of separating God's children from their parents and caging those children.
We disagree with the fact that you passed as your signature legislative accomplishment in the last Congress a GOP tax scam where 83 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent.
14,435 lies to date since he has been President, not under oath, but we should take his word for it.
The least we can do is show the courage to stand up tonight and do our part to protect our democracy.
The President hired his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to lead this effort.
The person who is really worried about the outcome is clearly President Trump, because he is reaching out to a foreign power asking them to help him cheat.
There is nothing more sacred than protecting the right to free and fair elections in this country.
We are here because the President of the United States engaged in a scheme to drag a foreign power into our elections.
The urgency of this impeachment, the reason why we cannot wait for the next election is that the President has tried to rig the last election and this one too.
Ambassador Bolton called it a drug deal. Dr. Fiona Hill called it a domestic political errand.
If we allow President Trump to get away with trying to cheat in 2020, particularly in light of what he did in 2016, we won't have a democracy.
It is an abuse of power for the President or any Member of Congress, for that matter, to condition official actions on their own personal gain.
The circumstances of the withheld aid shows very clearly it was a quid pro quo.





