Jim Baker: Impeachment Is Just About Who’s Staying in Power

‘This is about the president trying to stay in power’

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BAKER: “Well, I think as Andy was saying we’re kind of back to where we were when we got the transcript. And you look at that and it’s clear to me at least that the president abused his power in order to stay in power. That’s what this is all about. I think what the witnesses have done overt past couple of weeks, you know, question by — answer by answer, question by question, is to really introduce substantial evidence to the country that undercuts all of the defenses that the president and the Republicans have put forward about the president didn’t know what was going on, that the three amigos were kind of running a rogue operation, that the Ukrainians didn’t know what was going on, that there was no quid pro quo. All of these defenses that have been brought up over time, the witnesses introduced substantial evidence, as I say, to undercut all those. And so where the members of Congress are, I think, is whether you think this is impeachable or not. And whether you want your guy out of power and whether you think a vote against the president is going to get you kicked out of power. At the end of the day where we are is this is about power. This is about the president trying to stay in power. This is about the members of Congress trying to figure out how they can stay in power. And at the end of the day that’s what this is about. That’s what it comes down to — ”

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