The event that finally got Pelosi to draw the line was a proverbial straw: an incident that resembled a succession of other incidents when Trump had used his office for personal gain and sabotaged the system of checks and balances. His attempt to use four hundred million dollars of congressionally approved military aid for his own benefit fell in the same category as his and his children’s foreign business deals, brokered on the back of American diplomacy; his use of the presidency to attract lobbyists, dignitaries, and perhaps entire summits as paying guests to his properties; and his use of
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