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    Rep. Adam Schiff: 'The Uncontested Facts Show This President Solicited A Bribe'

    The House intelligence chairman told NPR that President Trump should also be charged with obstruction: "It is difficult to imagine a more ironclad case of obstruction of Congress than this one."
    by Brakkton Booker Dec 03, 2019 4 minutes
    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., heads to a news conference on Tuesday.

    Updated at 6:20 p.m. ET

    Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead investigator in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, says the House Intelligence Committee's report "shows abundant evidence" that Trump used the power of his office to "condition official acts" in exchange for political favors.

    In other words, the California Democrat says Trump met a threshold set forth in the Constitution that says a president can be impeached and removed from office for committing treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

    "I don't think there's any question that the uncontested facts show this president solicited a bribe," Schiff told NPR's Steve Inskeep in an interview in

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