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
impeachmentmeimpeachments? that s proven to be the case. the two impeachments we have seen. it is important to note that we often think our times are unique. this provision was not just written for times like ours. it was written in times like ours. these are people that even more severe than the rhetoric today. jefferson referred to the administration of the federalists, the reigning of the witches. this is not a period where people did not have a strong feeling or even when people talk about members of this committee acting like they want to kill each other. back then they re trying to kill each other. that s what this edition law was. you are trying to kill people to disagree with you. what s notable is they did not have a whole slew of impeachment. they knew not to do it. i think that s a lesson that could be taken.