Excerpts from article:
...Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the lead impeachment manager, and Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Trump's legal team, clashed in opposing interviews on Sunday over whether the president can be impeached for abuse of power.
...To support his argument, Dershowitz referenced the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, where Justice Benjamin Curtis - who defended the president - said that proof of a crime was necessary to remove a sitting president from office.
...Schiff, whose report as the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee ultimately led to Trump being impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, called the argument made by Dershowitz and other supporters of the president that he can't be impeached for abuse of power "Absurdist" and added that "You have to go far out of the mainstream" to find someone who believes in that argument.
...The two interviews occurred a day after Trump's legal team put out a fiery response to a brief by House Democrats that said the president betrayed public trust with behavior that was the "Worst nightmare" of the Founding Fathers.
..."The only thing really new about the president's defense is that they're now arguing, I think, because they can't contest the facts, that the president cannot be impeached for abusing the power of his office."
Submitted 1551 days ago
Latest News