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Jamie Raskin: “Their argument is that if you committed an impeachable offense in your last few weeks in office, you do it with…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2021
Their argument is that if you committed an impeachable offense in your last few weeks in office, you do it with constitutional impunity. This would create a brand new January exception to the Constitution.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Raskin argues against the notion that impeachable offenses can go unpunished if committed in the final weeks of a presidency.

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