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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
I think the President actually said a couple days before the conversation with Mr. Zelensky that Article II of the Constitution allows him to, 'do whatever I want as President.'
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado

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Perlmutter highlights the President's claim of unlimited power under Article II.

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