This was the week of confessions. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted to a Trump administration quid quo pro with Ukraine, with cameras rolling. EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed that President Trump made Rudy Giuliani the hinge of America’s Ukraine policy. And then the administration announced that the location for the upcoming G7 summit: Trump’s own resort in Doral, Florida. We break down the three stories that mattered most in impeachment this week.
And then we dig into the four words that will shape the entire impeachment fight: “High Crimes and Misdemeanors.” What did they mean when they were added to the Constitution? How have they been interpreted through American history? And do Trump’s acts qualify?
Welcome to Impeachment, Explained.
References:
"Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power" by Gene Healy
"The case for normalizing impeachment" by Ezra Klein
Credits:
Producer and Editor - Jeff Geld
Researcher - Roge Karma
Engineers - Malachi Broadus & Jeremey Dalmas
Theme music composed by Jon Natchez
Special thanks to Liz Nelson
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The McConnell effect
"Constitutional decay" in the US Senate
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Impeachment in, and beyond, the Beltway
Mr. Feldman goes to Washington
How Andrew Johnson’s impeachment created the template for Trump’s
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What’s wrong with the Republican Party?
With obstruction of justice for all
The biggest difference between Trump and Nixon is Fox News
A no-BS guide to how the House impeachment process really works
The Ukraine story is a Russia story
We are living through history
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