… all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors. And so his argument is, If the president was an officer of the United States, there would be no need to specify the president, vice president, and all civil officers. So that's the argument. As a textual matter, it's not a crazy argument, but I would be surprised if that persuades the court. (23:47–23:57)
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Asserts that the president is not considered an officer of the United States based on the impeachment clause.
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