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On the recordFebruary 6, 2020
The factual charge on the Ukraine was that the president used -- tried to use state power. He withheld military aid that had been voted by Congress to the Ukraine in order to get the Ukrainian government to announce a bogus investigation of the Bidens because there were (ph) his political opponents.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler explains the charges against the president regarding the misuse of state power for personal political gain.

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