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Jamie Raskin: “The people's body will speak this week. And if it goes the way I hope we will go, we will impeach this President for…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
The people's body will speak this week. And if it goes the way I hope we will go, we will impeach this President for abuse of power, we will impeach this President for obstruction of the Congress.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin expresses hope for impeachment proceedings against Trump.

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