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Jamie Raskin: “Why is impeachment in the Constitution? Well, the Framers feared a President might corrupt our elections by dragging…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2019
Why is impeachment in the Constitution? Well, the Framers feared a President might corrupt our elections by dragging foreign powers into our politics in order to promote the personal political ambitions of the President above the rule of law and above the national security.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin explains the constitutional basis for impeachment related to presidential corruption.

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