The Founders Would Have Called Out Trump for Bribery
There’s no need to debate “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Bribery is enough for removal.
“Where are the high crimes and misdemeanors?” That’s the question opponents of impeachment keep asking as Democrats investigate President Donald Trump.
“There aren’t any high crimes and misdemeanors,” Rush Limbaugh declares. “There aren’t any impeachable offenses.”
“There are no high crimes and misdemeanors,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise insists.
That ambiguous phrase, high crimes and misdemeanors, comes from the Constitution. “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,” it states.
