GT Progressive News: White House claim: Abuse of power is not impeachable. Reality: The Framers made clear that it is. Hamilton: impeachment is for “those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

White House claim: Abuse of power is not impeachable. Reality: The Framers made clear that it is. Hamilton: impeachment is for “those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”

In fact, the Republican's own witness, Professor Jonathan Turley, agreed that abuse of power is an impeachable offense:

"[I]t is possible to establish a case for impeachment based on a non-criminal allegation of abuse of power." #TruthMatters pic.twitter.com/VQulBlfpw0
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 28, 2020