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Jamie Raskin: “But it has never been the understanding of any Congress, whether it was the Congress--the House of Representatives that…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
But it has never been the understanding of any Congress, whether it was the Congress--the House of Representatives that impeached Bill Clinton or the House of Representatives that brought articles against Richard Nixon or back to Andrew Johnson that you need first to prove a statutory offense before the House gets to move Articles of Impeachment.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin argues that impeachment does not require proof of a statutory offense.

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