On the recordDecember 11, 2019
High crimes and misdemeanors is essentially actions that the President uses with the extraordinary power that he's been given under the constitution to subvert the constitutional order.
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transcripts.cnn.comZoe Lofgren: “High crimes and misdemeanors is essentially actions that the President uses with the extraordinary power that he's been…”
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Ms. Lofgren discusses the implications of the impeachment clause and the ongoing threat posed by the President's actions.
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