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Does impeachment need a crime? Not according to framers of the Constitution

  • Written by Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
Trump has employed the services of constitutional law expert Alan Dershowitz.Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s legal and political defenders are all singing the same refrain: The president can’t be impeached; he hasn’t committed a crime.

Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional lawyer now representing Trump, said it during an...

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