Bernie Sanders says impeaching 'pathological liar' Trump was 'sad but necessary'

Bernie Sanders.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday night said the House did the "right thing" when a majority voted to impeach President Trump.

"Today is a sad but necessary day for American democracy," he said in a video posted on Twitter. Everyone needs to remember that "no individual in this country, certainly not the president of the United States, is above the law, is above the Constitution."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.