This isn't complicated:
1) Trump corruptly demanded something of personal value in exchange for official action.
2) That's the legal definition of bribery.
3) The Constitution specifies bribery as grounds for impeachment.
To say there's no impeachable offense is just nonsense.
1) Trump corruptly demanded something of personal value in exchange for official action.
2) That's the legal definition of bribery.
3) The Constitution specifies bribery as grounds for impeachment.
To say there's no impeachable offense is just nonsense.
Bribery, 18 USC 201(b)(2): committed if a public official "directly or indirectly, corruptly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value . . . in return for being influenced in the performance of any official act."
Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 4: "The President . . . shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
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