Whatwe that means, its to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is notde illegal. And this body rejected that because thats not so. That goes directly contrary to what the founders said. But President Trump has said the same thing in responding to the prior investigation by the Department Of Justice and defending his conduct. Heres what he said. I have an article 2 where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. That he has the right to do whatever he wants as president. That is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. That is not what
that wered gathered as part of the impeachment inquiry into president trump s actions. nothing more and nothing less. the three investigating committees ran a fair, professional and thorough investigation. wero followed the house rules f depositionss and public hearin, including the rule against agency counsel being present for depositions, and members and staff from both parties had equal time to ask questions and there were no substantive questions that weresu prevented from being asked and answered. this investigation moved swiftly and intensively, as all good investigations should. to the extent that other witnesses would be able to provide morebe context and deta about this scheme, their failure to testify is due solely to the fact that president trump obstructed thetr inquiry and refused refused to make them available.