Editorial: President Trump's fate: The case for censure over impeachment

On July 25, 2019, President Donald Trump picked up the phone in the White House residence and attempted to shake down a foreign leader.

Trump's language was elliptical and soft, not direct and threatening, but his intentions were clear: He wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to "do us a favor." That was Trump's entree to his improper, indecent requests that Zelenskiy's government undertake two investigations that would benefit Trump politically.

Trump didn't explain his motives, which of course were self-serving. First, he asked Zelenskiy to "find out what