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Editorial: Unlike Lev Parnas, the GAO has no credibility problem. It also says Trump broke the law

President Donald Trump and his defenders have argued ad infinitum that the move to impeach him is a baseless, unconstitutional witch hunt because, they say, he broke no law in his handling of Ukraine. The articles of impeachment, Trump wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "include no crimes, no misdemeanors, and no offenses whatsoever."

That's never been a terribly persuasive argument, given that the founders' understanding of "high crimes and misdemeanors" extended to corrupt and improper actions that did not technically

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