Doyle McManus: Alexander Hamilton saw this coming
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Dec 02, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The grounds for impeaching President Donald Trump aren't hard to find. They're clearly stated in the spare words of 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."
This week, the House Judiciary Committee takes up two critical questions:
Does Trump's scheme to persuade Ukraine's president to announce an investigation of Democrats, including Joe Biden, qualify as bribery?
If not, was it a serious abuse of power -
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