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John Ratcliffe: “Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress both fail as…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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Even Before You Get to the Facts, There's No Impeachable Offenses

Published | Video Starts at 00:15

This thing fails legally, it fails constitutionally, and it fails factually. Alan Dershowitz made very clear yesterday. Before you even get to the issue of facts, this thing fails. Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress both fail as legal constitutional arguments. They're not impeachable offenses. Even before you get to the issue of facts in any witness, including John Bolton. (00:15–00:24)

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