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On the recordFebruary 6, 2020
The other key fact here, the key provision is that it has always been understood that crimes, on the one hand, and impeachable offenses, on the other hand, are different. You can have a crime that's not impeachable. You can have impeachable offense that's not a crime.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler explains the difference between crimes and impeachable offenses in the context of the impeachment process.

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