basis, meaning and importance. i believe that three questions should frame our debate. first, does the evidence show clearly that the president committed these acts? second, do they rise to the level of impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors? third, what are the consequences for our national security, for the integrity of our elections and for our country if we fail to act? to the first question there can be no serious debate about what president trump did. on july 25th of this year when he spoke to president zelensky of ukraine by telephone, president trump had the upper hand. ukraine had been invaded by russia. zelensky had only recently been elected. he badly needed our help. he needed it in the form of military aid already