there is a kind of least common denominator factor that s operative here and there s a simplicity virtue as well to say we re going to focus narrowly on ukraine. so while i wouldn t do it, i wouldn t describe myself as comfortable with it, i m not i m not shaking with rage about it either. norm go ahead, norm. you know, another element to this, which is there are so many scandals and so many potential articles of impeachment that you could stack them as high as the washington monument. you ve got all of the corruption and kleptocracy, the degree to which he has violated over and over again the two emoluments clauses. shocking lack of security down at mar-a-lago where chinese agents and others were roaming freely with a completely unguarded system with an internet that was open to virtually anybody.
i m not. i m not shaking with rage about it either. go ahead, norm. you know, another element to this, which is there are so many scandals and so many potential articles of impeachment that you could stack them as high as the washington monument. you ve got all of the corruption and kleptocracy, the degree-degree to which he has violated over and over again the two emoluments clauses, the shocking lack of security down at mar-a-lago where chinese agents and others were roaming freely with a completely unguarded system with an internet that was open to virtually anybody. you have the president making calls on his unsecured cell phone. you ve got the kleptocracy and corruption involving all the members of his cabinet, of his family. you have the relationship with mbs and the covering up of the brutal murder of the washington post journalist. one of the difficulties here is when you start to move down that
for a pre-text. when the mueller investigation found no evidence to support the monstrous lie that the president acted in collusion with russia, the democrats realized they were running out of time and suddenly the ukraine phone call replaced collusion, stormy daniels, tax returns and emoluments and even tweets as a reason to nullify the election, just a year before the next one is to be held. impeachment is one of the most serious powers with which congress is entrusted. it requires an overwhelming case of high crime supported by clear evidence that a vast majority of the nation deems compelling. our constitution vests the executive authority, including the enforcement of our laws with the president and it gives him sole authority to conduct our foreign affairs. clearly this includes requesting a foreign government to cooperate in resolving potentially corrupt and illegal interactions between that government s officials and ours.
democrats have been searching for a pretext when the mueller investigation found support of the monstrous lot the president acted in collusion with russia. the democrats realize they were running out of time and suddenly, the ukrainian phone call replaced collusion stormy daniels tax returns, emoluments, and even tweets as a reason to nullify the election just a year before the next one is to be held. impeachment is one of the most serious powers with which congress is entrusted. requires an overwhelming case of high crime supported by clear evidence that a vast majority of the nation deems compelling. our constitution vests the executive authority including the enforcement of our laws with the president and it gives him authority to conduct our foreign affairs. clearly, this includes requesting a foreign government to cooperate in resolving potentially corrupt and illegal interactions between that government officials and hours.
abuse his office, undermine his attempted to do that during this oath of office, use the powers process. of the presidency for his own i d like to say that. personal gain are clearly going to be articles of impeachment and there are any number of ways and i have a couple of other you can slice how they re things, mr. armstrong. stated, including abusing your go ahead. you know, ambassador sondland power in order for bribery, for extorsion and to interfere in our election. is relied on and he went from a i think obstruction is crit witness that was not very critically important and i agree favorable to very favorable at that it is important to pull his hearing. andhi one of the remarkable forward the t roadmap that robe mueller shared on obstruction of statements at his hearing was justice and, you know, barry that everyone was in the loop. he types up this email to burke kind k of left the door on to that by making some of those points in hisso opening about t pompeo, to the secret