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Chris Coons: That was the jaw dropping argument made by Professor Dershowitz last night and then ultimately repeated by White House…

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
That was the jaw dropping argument made by Professor Dershowitz last night and then ultimately repeated by White House counsel tonight in response to questions, was that you cannot impeach a president for doing something where there are mixed motives and some of his motives are to advance the public good even if that's just true his own reelection.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Coons critiques the argument that mixed motives can justify presidential actions that might otherwise be impeachable.

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