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hamilton s words, mercenary instruments of foreign corruption. president trump abused the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal benefit. he also betrayed our nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections. article two, i agree with because it details the obstruction of congress by the president. by directing unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by this house of representatives. and abused the powers of the presidency in a manner s subversive to the constitution. i believe gentle lady s time is expired. is the soul of our nation and by defending it, we are saying we will not be soulless.
not putin s russia that tried to disrupt the last american presidential election in 2016. this scheme to corrupt an american presidential election subordinated the democratic sovereignty of the people to the private political ambitions of one man, the president himself. it immediately placed the national security interests of the united states of america at risk, and it continues to em plo broil the nation in our government in conflict. second, after this corrupt scheme came to light, and numerous public servants with not only of key events surfaced to testify in our committee investigations about the president s actions, president trump directed the wholesale categorical and indiscriminate obstruction of this congressional impeachment investigation. he did so by ordering a blockade of administration witnesses, by trying to muzzle and intimidate witness who is did come forward,
categorical and indiscriminate bias of subpoenas that was issued by the house of representatives. do we want a dictator no matter how popular he may be, no matter how good or bad his policies may be? no president is supposed to be a dictator in the united states. that s a really beautiful argument i think you should make it in court because that s what you re supposed to do under our system. but you re not going to do it. you know why you guaranteed your base you would get an impeachment by december, by christmas this is ridiculous. reporter: at times, the debate turning personal, trump ally matt gaetz bringing up hunter biden s controversial job with the ukrainian gas company and the younger biden s past substance abuse. it s a little hard to believe that burisma hired hunter biden to resolve their international disputes when he could not resolve his own dispute with hertz rental car over leaving cocaine and a crack pipe in a car. reporter: democrats pointing out gaetz s pas
i m not hearing political chatter, to be very honest. i was thinking about that last night. it s amazing how we re all stirred by the power of this constitution, and we must uphold it. it s a very precious thing and it s in our hands right now. given that, how many democrats do you think will ultimately not vote for these two articles of impeachment? i haven t done that count. i hope everyone is able to vote for these two articles of impeachment. they re very well crafted and they couldn t be more serious. abuse of power. using his office for personal political gain and a categorical it is not up to the president to determine whether our impeachment investigation fits his needs. we re a co-equal branch. we have the sole power of this last resort remedy that the framers made sure was part of our constitution. it is not up to the administration. it is not up to the president s personal or political lawyers.