Political Quotes

“the Articles of Impeachment before us charged President Donald John Trump with offenses against the Constitution and the American people. The first Article of Impeachment charges that President Trump abused the Office of the Presidency by soliciting the interference of a foreign power, Ukraine, to benefit himself in the 2020 election. The President asked a foreign leader to ``do us a favor''--``us'' meaning him--and investigate his political opponents. In order to elicit these political investigations, President Trump withheld a White House meeting and hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance from an ally at war with Russia. There is extensive documentation in the record proving this quid pro quo and the corrupt motive behind it. The facts are not seriously in dispute. In fact, several Republican Senators admitted they believe the President committed this offense with varying degrees of ``inappropriate,'' ``wrong,'' ``shameful.'' Almost all Republicans will argue, however, that this reprehensible conduct does not rise to the level of an impeachable offense. The Founders could not have been clearer.…”