Claim: "In fact, 'high Crimes and Misdemeanors' is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."
Fact-check: What counts as a high crime or misdemeanor for impeachment?
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2019-05-29T00:00:00