The presidents lawyers argued that House Democrats had carried out 'a dangerous perversion of the Constitution that the Senate should swiftly and roundly condemn.'
the president should not be removed even if he did all the actions laid out in the articles of impeachment.This Week
However, some were quick to note that Dershowitz made precisely the opposite argument during the impeachment proceedings for former president Bill Clintonin August of that year that an impeachable offense"doesn't have to be a crime" if the president is"somebody who completely corrupts the office." The"Abuse of Power" indictment came as a result of the president's efforts to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations into unfounded allegations that former Vice President Joe Biden acted corruptly toward Ukraine to benefit his son Hunter's business dealings there, and into a debunked conspiracy theory that Democrats worked with Ukrainians to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
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