Episode 120: What Is Impeachment and How Does It Work?
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The Politics of Impeachment
I thought you were going to go to what I considered Congress is or in this case the house's largest check on the executive branch. Yeah, the power of the purse is a big deal, but the power of removal is definitely a much bigger one. Do I think it should be done for silly reasons, partisan reasons? No, not exactly. But there's no way to guarantee that it won't be used for those purposes. And I think the Clinton impeachment was clearly a partisan effort. Did he lie under oath? Yeah. Do presidents often lie under oath?" Well, they're not under oath that often, which should tell you something. Was it an impeachable offense? In my
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