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How important to the impeachment inquiry is Kurt Volker?

The impeachment inquiry moves into a new phase today as House investigators conduct a face-to-face interview with the former Special Envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker. Stephanie Ruhle is joined by NBC’s Jonathan Allen, former Senior Advisor to Jeb Bush Michael Steel, former Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu, and University of Pennsylvania Professor Claire Finkelstein to break down who Volker is and what his significance is to the impeachment inquiry.
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Trump tries to pin Dow drop on ‘impeachment nonsense’

After the Dow’s dramatic drop this week, losing over 800 points in 2 days, the president is trying to pin the loss on what he calls “impeachment nonsense.” Former Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu and Politico Chief Economic Correspondent Ben White join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss what actually caused such a rocky week with the markets.
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President Nixon in the Oval Office on the phone

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Trump's bad Nixon imitation

Nixon sought help from a foreign government 50 years ago. Trump is trying the same thing, and it may cost him the presidency.
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painting of Alexander Hamilton

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‘In many cases it will connect itself with the pre-existing factions’

A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.
Portrait of James Madison

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Impeachment in the 1780s

For Americans debating the Constitution, impeachment was a critical issue. Here is some of what they said before, during and after ratification