Impeachment is an act of proactive prevention, not punishment.

Only that way will the office, and the Republican, be kept.

There was no quid pro quo Republicans say. Ukraine received the life-saving military aid and there was no investigation into the Bidens. According to Rep. Elise Stefanik, they are the two ‘clear facts’.

The simplicity of that argument will underpin the response from all Republicans; ranging from the insanity of Lindsey Graham, to the more considered Will Hurd and Susan Collins. The reason why this is so attractive to Republicans of all flavours, is that it is simply true. Regardless of intention, they say, there was no quid pro quo. We cannot remove an elected President from office on intention alone.

Democrats hit back and say this scheme would have go ahead had it not been for the whistle blower, and that aid would have been suspended in return for an investigation by Ukraine into the Bidens had we, the people, not been made aware. As Chairman Adam Schiff says, Republican objection has shifted; it is now based on the fact Trump got caught, not that he committed acts of corruption in the first place.

Democrats can point to corroborate testimony by their witnesses. They can point to the acting White House Chief of Staff going on national television and telling…