Schiff: Trump could be impeached for bribery
By Zack Budryk - 11/12/19 06:55 PM EST
House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) suggested President Trump’s possible impeachable offenses include bribery in an interview set to air Wednesday with NPR’s Steve Inskeep.
"On the basis of what the witnesses have had to say so far, there are any number of potentially impeachable offenses, including bribery, including high crimes and misdemeanors,†Schiff said in the interview. “The basic allegations against the president are that he sought foreign interference in a U.S. election, that he conditioned official acts on the performance of these political favors.â€
In the interview, Schiff said “bribery,†one of the offenses the Constitution outlines as impeachable, had a different meaning at the time the Constitution was written then how it is commonly understood today.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/470165-schiff-trump-could-potentially-be-impeached-for-bribery
