Today, in service to our duty to the Constitution and to our country, the House Committee on the

Judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the President of the United

States, Donald J. Trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors.

After weeks of private and public hearings in two House committees, congressional Democrats

released articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

The announcement came in a news conference early Tuesday morning and the nine-page document,

the written articles of impeachment were released shortly after.

This historic moment is only the fourth time in American history that a sitting President

has faced articles of impeachment.

So what exactly is laid out in these articles?

Why the Democrats choose these specific ones?

And now that they're officially in writing, might that change how this whole thing ends?

This is can he do that, a podcast that explores the powers and limitations of the American

presidency and what happens with branches of government, collide.

I'm Allison Michaels.

I picked up the phone and called congressional reporter Mike DeBonis over at the Capitol

where he's been covering the day's events.

Mike, where are you right now?

I am in the Senate Prescalary.

All right, what's it been like today on the Hill, generally speaking?

It was quite something.

It was like going on.

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