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A Shared Text, but No Shared Reality


Did President Trump commit an offense that the Framers would regard as impeachable in his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky?A non-verbatim memo describing the call has been available since yesterday. But a common text has done little to create consensus. Indeed, no question is more hotly contested in Washington. And rival factions offered their respective views Wednesday at The Atlantic Festival.During a panel discussion on the Constitution, Lawfare’s managing editor, Quinta Jurecic, said Trump’s behavior clearly surpassed the Framers’ threshold for impeachment.”Not only does it fit that definition,” she commented, “I think it’s actually a paradigm of what …read more

Source:: The Atlantic

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