‘Framers’ worst nightmare’: House Democrats make their case for removing Trump from office

By Jeremy Herb, CNN

Updated 8:00 PM ET, Sat January 18, 2020

Lev Parnas arrives at federal court for an arraignment hearing on October 23, 2019 in New York City.

(CNN)House Democrats on Saturday released their argument for why President Donald Trump should be removed from office by the Senate in the upcoming impeachment trial, calling on the chamber to “eliminate the threat that the President poses to America’s national security.”

The House impeachment managers filed to the Senate their trial brief, a summary explaining why the House passed two articles of impeachment last month charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, ahead of the trial arguments kicking off next week.
“President Trump’s conduct is the Framers’ worst nightmare,” the managers wrote in the brief.

The House managers made their case directly to the senators who will act as jurors in the impeachment trial.

“History will judge each Senator’s willingness to rise above partisan differences, view the facts honestly, and defend the Constitution,” the managers wrote. “The outcome of these proceedings will determine whether generations to come will enjoy a safe and secure democracy in which the President is not a king, and in which no one, particularly the President, is above the law.”

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