Factbox: 'The American people want a fair trial' - House Democrat tells Senate


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020

(Reuters) - Here are excerpts from an opening statement on Tuesday by U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, the House Democrat leading the impeachment case against President Donald Trump, as the Senate prepared to vote on the rules of the proceedings:

- "When the Founders wrote the impeachment clause, they had precisely this type of conduct in mind, conduct that abuses the power of office for a personal benefit, that undermines our national security, and that invites foreign interference in the democratic process of an election."

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