PHILIP BOBBITT, CO-AUTHOR, "IMPEACHMENT, A HANDBOOK": They were not corrupt, he wasn't putting his own personal interest in the place of the state or the country. If these acts described by Mueller have not brought the government into contempt or damaged its legitimacy, they'll say so. But the important point is to follow up on the leads and establish for the country a legal rather than a political standard.</s>BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN HOST: On that final point, this is what Speaker Pelosi has said, "show the American people, we are proceeding free from passion or prejudice, strictly on a presentation of facts." In other words make more of a cerebral decision based -- instead of perhaps emotional or hyper political. How can they do that? How can they proceed in that way?</s>BOBBITT: They can simply follow the law. You may have heard many times that high crimes and misdemeanor is too vague a standard.</s>BALDWIN: Yes.</s>BOBBITT: That is not right. The constitution doesn't simply say high crimes and misdemeanors. It says treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Those acts that are political crimes of the same gravity as treason and bribery. It is not just whatever a political caucus wants it to be or however they may want to attack the incumbent administration, these are legal standards and they should be applied by our legal representatives.</s>BALDWIN: Philip Bobbitt, thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. Coming up next, Senator Bernie Sanders doubles down on his view that prisoners should still be able to vote while they're serving time. Fellow 2020 Democrats though aren't as sure about that. We'll get reaction from a former felon, who has since become a lawyer working to restore rights to ex-convicts. Don't miss that.
Legal Expert Wary of Impeachment Now Says It Is Plausible