For just the third time in American history, Congress will impeach the President of the United States.
The House of Representatives charged President Donald Trump with high crimes and misdemeanors, largely along party lines, with not a single Republican voting for impeachment. And in the final hours before the vote, lawmakers made it clear there was no room to compromise. As for the president? He still insists it’s all a “sham.” So who's right? And where do we go from here?
Adam Reilly, in for Jim Braude, was joined by Erin O’Brien, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Tom Whalen, an associate professor of social science and American history at Boston University.