Robbery thats burglary, ill get it right. And in this situation youve got somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve talked about abuse of power and bribery. When we started we said we would also discuss obstruction of congress. So i would like to ask you some questions about obstruction of congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with the high crime and misdemeanor of obstruction of congress . I think theres more than enough. As i mentioned in my statement, just to really underscore this, the third article of impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee against president nixon charged him with misconduct because he had failed to comply with four legislative subpoenas. Here it is far more than four
that this president has failed to comply with. And he has ordered the Executive Branch as well not to cooperate with congress. Those together with a
Somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve talked about abuse of power and bribery. When we started, we said we would also discuss Obstruction Of Congress. So id like to ask you some questions about Obstruction Of Congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with the high crime and misdemeanor of Obstruction Of Congress . I think theres more than enough. As i mention in my statement, just to really underscore this, the third article of impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee against president nixon charged him with misconduct because he failed to comply with four legislative subpoenas. Here it is far more than four that this president has failed to comply with and hes ordered
the Executive Branch as well not to cooperate the congress. Those together with a lot of other evidence suggests Obstruction Of Congress. Professor karlan, do you agree .
white dot in the midterm elections, johnson was a president who overlooked and excused white supremacy which was really the singular issue in why he was impeached. we like to point to the arcane legislation called the tenure act, but the reason the tenure act was enacted was because johnson refused to send his secretary of war stanton down to stop these white supremacist talks on blacks who were getting their rights to vote. so johnson was the original both sides guy. he wanted to appease the confederates and wanted to allow them back into the union. and there are so many similarities between johnson and, you know, when donald trump is impeached, it might come down to one vote which is exactly what johnson s impeachment came down to. so there are so many similarities between these two
crimes. that is even the democrats on the judiciary committee agreed that bill clinton had committed perjury. that s on the record and a federal judge later said it was perjury. in the case of nixon, the crimes were established. no one seriously disagreed with those crimes. johnson is the outlier because johnson was a trap door crime. they basically created a crime knowing that johnson wanted to replace secretary of war stanton. and johnson did because they had several trouble in the cabinet. so they created a trap door crime, waited for him to fire the secretary of war and then impeached him. so i would caution you not only about bribery but also obstruction. ranking member, you no. you re doing a good job.
they were accepted crimes. that is, even the democrats on that judiciary committee agreed that bill clinton had committed perjury. that s on the record. and a federal judge later said it was perjury. in the case of nixon, the crimes were established. no one seriously disagreed with those crimes. now, johnson s the outlier because johnson w s was a trap door crime. they basically created a crime knowing that johnson wanted to replace secretary of war stanton and johnson did, because they had serious trouble in the cabinet. so they created a trap door crime, waited for him to fire the secretary of war, and then they impeached him. but there s no question he committed the crime. it s just the underlying statute was unconstitutional. so i would caution you not only about bribery but also obstruction. i m sorry, ranking member. you re doing a good job.