Constitution from its origins until the present. Im here to describe three things. Why the framers of our constitution included a provision for the impeachment of the president. What that provision providing for impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors means. And last, how it applies to the question before you and before the American People whether President Trump has committed Impeachable Offenses under the constitution. Let me begin by stating my conclusions. The framers provided for the impeachment of the president because they feared that the president might abuse the power of his office for person benefit, to corrupt the electoral process and insure his reelection, or to subvert the National Security of the United States. High crimes and misdemeanors are abuses of power and public trust connected to the office of the presidency. On the basis of the testimony and the evidence before the house. President trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly a
The committee has compiled something ekwif lant roughly to a police report. They are trying to examine the facts and the law and draft possible charges against the president. Reporter thats right, george. The Intelligence Committee gathered the evidence and sworn testimony in open and closed door hearings and documented records like Rudy Giulianis cell phone records, and they turned that over in that relentless 300page report in this committee, the Judiciary Committee who will debate on whether the president should be charged. Does that evidence rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense, and thats why the first step in that will be four constitutional law scholars. Three chosen by democrats and one by the republicans, to talk about that word, impeachment which is confusing to some people. What do the framers mean by it, and what does history show, especially when it comes to the president . That is what well hear from, and were likely to hear a lot of rather fierce debate. The Judici
The berlin wall what happens to the euphoria. Of thanks very much for joining us and with me in the studio today i have courts linda fear eka who grew up in the former g. D. R. And was 7 years old when the wall came down today she works as a reporter here at d. W. And just completed a documentary about the full of the war and linda says its only now 3 decades after the wall came down that we realize how radical the change was for people in the us also with us is anglofrench Catherine Nicholson shes European Affairs editor with the broadcast of france 24 and believes that permanent euphoria is unrealistic its boring portal to learn lessons from the past she says under a warm welcome to support. Freelance journalist only patterson who witnessed the fall of the wall 1st round he points out the 30 years on from the fall of the wall the far right is winning a worrying amount of support in the once communist east. Thank you once again all 3 for being with me today id like to begin with you s
A bluff but the consequences are already quite real Boris Johnson wants the e. U. To take a no deal breaks seriously forcing the bloc back to the negotiating table but with every lurch toward his october 31st deadline the pound has reacted it slid steadily against the dollar leading up to johnsons election as conservative party leader it fell after his meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel failed to produce a breakthrough and then today a slide of more than one percent before recovering some losses. There have been fleeting gains here and there but at about a 1. 22 the pound is muddling around lows last seen more than 2 years ago and it could get worse analysts polled by bloomberg predict a node that could dump the currency to a 34 year low of a 1. 10. Driving those forecasts is the sheer lack of uncertainty over what a no deal would bring coming out do you have any sort of agreement its a leap into the unknown its going to stall to happen before so they would want some sort of
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