Originally Posted by US Constitution
... treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

These are the two questions I would ask any Republican, please define bribery, please tell me what crimes ARE impeachable?

Many times when trying to proof a conjecture or claim all the standard approaches do not yield results. This may be predicated on an ambiguous understanding of the items in question. So a good analyst will start at the beginning, start with the definitions.

I believe if the Democrats use a dumbed down approach starting with the definitions the general public will at least understand what the issues are. As an example, many crimes can be either a high crime or an ordinary crime. An example would be Mr trump shooting someone on 5th Ave. If he does that as a citizen, it would not be a high crime, but if he did it in the line of duty, it would be a high crime.

Bribery is an example of something so misunderstood it needs a lot of PSA's. Here is one succinct example

Originally Posted by Lawfare
the Founders had a broader conception of bribery than what’s in the criminal code. Their understanding was derived from English law, under which bribery was understood as an officeholder’s abuse of the power of an office to obtain a private benefit rather than for the public interest.

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I don't think this impeachment process will have much affect on the 2020 presidential election one way or the other.
I agree

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Unless some earth shattering additional evidence shows up.
Don't think that will matter as I don't believe the electorate understands what is important.


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