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    1. NEW: William Barr wrote in June 2018 that abuse of power is an impeachable offense, contradicting what the Trump impeachment defense team is now arguing. nytimes.com/2020/01/21/us/politics/barr-impeachment-abuse-of-power.html
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    A follow up to this: nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/politics/trump-impeachment-legal-defense.html
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      In 2018, Bill Barr said abuse of power is impeachable. Arguing that Mueller shouldn't question Trump about abusing his power over DOJ to impede the Russia case, Barr said a president who abuses discretionary authority & acts w/ bad motive can't be prosecuted-but can be impeached.
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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