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Jack Reed: “Based on the evidence in the record, the arguments of the House Managers and the arguments of counsels for the…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1999
Based on the evidence in the record, the arguments of the House Managers and the arguments of counsels for the President, I conclude as follows: The President has disgraced himself and dishonored his office. He has offended the justified expectations of the American people that the Presidency be above the sordid episodes revealed in the record before us. However, the House Managers have failed to prove that the President's conduct amounts to the Constitutional standard of 'other high Crimes and Misdemeanors' subjecting him to removal from office.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discussing his opinion on the impeachment of President Clinton.

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