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Stephen Lynch: “This was a direct attack on the Constitution, what the…”

Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 8th Congressional District

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Rep. Stephen Lynch thinks Trump impeachment inquiry was necessary

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

Congressman, you have held back from saying you believe the President should be impeached outright. Has anything that's happened in the last couple of days changed your mind? Sure. This was a direct attack on the Constitution, what the President did with Ukraine. You know, this is a. This is a situation where the President has basically admitted to sufficient facts that he, you know, approached the President of Ukraine and asked for … (00:46–00:52)

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Asserts that the President's actions with Ukraine were a direct attack on the Constitution.

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