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On the recordDecember 3, 2019
Once this set the example of impeaching a President for what, when the excitement of the hour shall have subsided, will be regarded as insufficient causes. No future President will be safe who happens to differ from the majority of the House and two-thirds of the Senate.
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Lyman Trumbull
Illinois

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Trumbull warned against partisan impeachments threatening future presidencies.

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