Analysis: It doesn't take a crime to impeach a president
WASHINGTON — If House Democrats press ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, their case will rest in large part on the claim that he sought a foreign government's help, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid in the balance, to dig up dirt on a political opponent to boost his reelection campaign.
The controversy centers on a summertime phone call in which Trump asked the president of Ukraine to help investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript the White House provided on Wednesday. A whistleblower's complaint released Thursday alleged a concerted White House effort to suppress the transcript of the call and described a shadow campaign of diplomacy by Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
"It's meant to convey the idea that the person has badly flouted the terms of office. Even if he didn't commit a criminal offense, did he do something that constitutes an abuse of power?" said Corey Brettschneider, a political science professor at Brown University. On the other hand, the burden of proof in impeachment is, despite the term"high crimes," lower than the standard in criminal cases, which is beyond a reasonable doubt.
Bowman said Trump's actions illustrate his point."You don't impeach the guy because he violated a fairly technical election statute. You impeach him because he extorted a foreign country into giving him political help," he said.
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