President Trump either did everything wrong or not much at all, depending on who you ask.
Four legal experts will appear before the House Judiciary Committee for its round of impeachment hearings Wednesday morning, with three invited by Democrats and one welcomed by Republicans. The Democratic witnesses seem convinced that Trump needs to be impeached, and one of them, University of North Carolina Law professor Michael Gerhardt, will go so far as to say what Trump has done has been "worse than the misconduct of any prior president," his opening statement says.
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George Washington University Law professor Jonathan Turley will meanwhile appear at the request of Republicans. Turley begins his opening statement by affirming he's "not a supporter of President Trump," but still finds the legal case for impeaching him "woefully inadequate" and even "dangerous." "This impeachment would stand out among modern impeachments as the shortest proceeding, with the thinnest evidentiary record, and the narrowest grounds ever used to impeach a president," his testimony continues.
The hearing is intended for committee members to ask questions of these legal experts to determine whether they'll vote for Trump's impeachment, though it's pretty clear the Democratic majority is already set on voting in impeachment's favor.
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