crime which the framers even in the federalist papers talked about as high crimes and misdemeanors for the purpose of impeachment. in president trump's abuse of power he did it in two ways. number one, he endangered our free elections by inviting foreign powers to interfere to influence our elections twice. he invited the russians in 2016. remember the russians if you're listening please find the e-mails. that was a direct solicitation, and in fact they tried to hack into the e-mails of the democrats that very night. and then he tried to cover it up. and then for 2020 he invited in the ukraine -- he asked the ukrainians to announce a bogus investigation of the person he perceived as his major political opponent in the 2020 election.