two articles of impeachment against president trump. the first article charges that the president used his public office to coerce our foreign government into attacking his political rival. the second article charges that the president took extreme and unprecedented steps to obstruct our investigation into his conduct. taken together, the two articles charged that president trump placed his private political interests above our national security, above our elections, and above our system of checks and balances. after months of investigation, there can be no serious debate about the evidence at hand. on july 25th, when he spoke to president zelensky of ukraine, president trump had the upper hand. the president, through his agents, had already demanded that ukraine announced an investigation of his political opponents. ukraine needed our help, both military aid which had been appropriated by congress because