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
by name and raising the allegations of ukrainian influence in the 2016 election on the july 25th call. they ll try to convince you that the trump administration, the sameon administration democrats regularlyio accuse of being incompetent, orchestrated a conspiracy at the highest levels. none of this adds up. it may be a great screen play, but it ist not what the eviden shows. democrats impeachment inquiry ignores all of the evidence that does not advance their story. the democrats impeachment narrative resolves all ambiguous facts and conflicting evidence in a way that is most unflattering to the president. the democrats impeachment narrative ignores public statements from senior ukrainian officials that contradict the narrative. as you listenic to the democrat presentation later today, i urge you to keep these points in mind. what evidence that has been