John,
Come back in time with me.
In late May 1787, when 55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to begin debate over a new Constitution, everyone knew the first person to be president would be the man who presided over that gathering: George Washington. As Benjamin Franklin put it, "The first man put at the helm will be a good one," but "Nobody knows what sort may come afterwards."
One of the biggest fears of the founding fathers was that the new nation might fall under the sway of foreign powers. So those who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution included a number of provisions to guard against foreign intrusion in American democracy.
Now, fast forward 232 years from that Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to Donald Trump.
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You don’t have to be a so-called "originalist," interpreting the Constitution according to what the founders were trying to do at the time, in order to see how dangerous it is to allow a president to seek help in an election from a foreign power.
Trump did just that. This is an impeachable offense, according to the framers of the Constitution.
Case closed.
Thanks for watching,
Robert Reich
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