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David Cicilline: “Impeachment is a remedy for grave abuses of the public trust.”

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
Impeachment is a remedy for grave abuses of the public trust.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline clarifies that impeachment addresses serious violations of public trust.

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