Stanford University law professor Pamela Karlan said she felt 'insulted' when Doug Collins (R-Ga.), a top Trump defender, questioned whether the Dems' constitutional scholars actually read the House Intel report before testifying
, argued that Trump's conduct far exceeds the bar set in the Constitution — high crimes and misdemeanors — to warrant impeachment and removal from office.
The lone GOP witness, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, argued that impeaching Trump over the Ukraine allegations would be a historic mistake. The panel’s first impeachment hearing comes a day after House Democrats released a scathing 300-page report accusing Trump of pressuring Ukraine — a nation dependent on U.S. support for its war against Russia — to investigate his Democratic adversaries. They also allege that the president obstructed their investigation and intimidated witnesses along the way.
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