Why the Democrats Can (and Should) Impeach Trump

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Impeaching President Donald Trump is a pipe dream, many say. Nancy Pelosi, who’s expected to be the new House speaker, isn’t keen on going for impeachment, nor is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — and a lot of people aren’t either because they’ve been misinformed and misled. Contrary to common perception, the president does not need to commit a crime in order to be impeached. Allegations of collusion aside, Trump is guilty of impeachable crimes and misdemeanors, such as the violating the emoluments clause and tax fraud. Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, who played a key role in the impeachment of Richard Nixon, and author of the new book, “The Case For Impeaching Trump,” joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the case for impeaching Donald Trump.

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0:00.0	I started on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
0:04.6	That process was not started by a special prosecutor who had political ambitions.
0:09.8	It was started when the American people rose up and said,
0:13.3	enough is enough.
0:20.1	Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Maddie Hussain.
0:22.6	Today on the show, impeaching Donald Trump.
0:25.5	I know, I know, it's too soon. There's not enough evidence.
0:28.3	There aren't enough votes.
0:29.7	It would be overreach by the new House Democratic majority.
0:33.4	Yes, yes, I know all the liberal objections.
0:36.0	But I'm going to do some impeachment myth-busting today,
0:38.5	and I'm also going to talk to the author of a new book
0:40.8	on the case for impeaching Trump,
0:42.5	and although it just happened to have also been a key player
0:45.4	in the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
0:48.5	You would think that once the country gathers through Watergate,
0:51.7	the president would learn the lesson, but apparently not.
0:55.2	That was former congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman,
0:57.5	who voted on the articles of impeachment in the House Judiciary Committee
1:00.6	back in 1974, and who's the author of a new book,
1:03.8	which came out on Monday, called the case for impeaching Trump.
1:07.3	So this week on Deconstructed, let's talk impeachment.
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