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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's lawyers and the Constitution

by Hope YenCalvin Woodward
| February 9, 2021 3:39 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump stretched beyond the facts when they argued there's an open-and-shut case that the Constitution bars impeaching former presidents. That question is not settled, though the weight of legal views contradicts the Trump team's assertions.

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