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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
Alexander Hamilton said the greatest danger of impeachment would be depriving a President of due process, the greatest danger Hamilton said would be if impeachment was used politically by a party that had the most votes in the house instead of being used on the basis of guilt or innocence for specified crimes under the Constitution.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Mike Pence references Alexander Hamilton's warning about the dangers of politically motivated impeachment.

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