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On the recordDecember 8, 2019
They also knew that they could not anticipate every threat a President might someday pose, so they adopted the phrase 'treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors' to capture the full spectrum of possible Presidential misconduct.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler explains the constitutional provision for addressing various forms of presidential misconduct.

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