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Dennis Heck: If you believe that the president's shaking down Ukraine, threatening to withhold critical military assistance to a…

On the recordNovember 7, 2019
If you believe that the president's shaking down Ukraine, threatening to withhold critical military assistance to a vulnerable ally, a vulnerable strategic ally in Ukraine, who is trained to combat Russian aggression... If you believe that that betrayal of his oath of office and that abuse of power is impeachable, then you'll get to yes.
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Dennis Heck
Washington

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Heck discusses the criteria for determining if the president's actions are impeachable.

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