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In an interview with CNN, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen said that President Donald Trump‘s actions toward Ukraine constitute an impeachable offense, Newsweek reports.
Cohen, who was a representative in the United States Congress during the Watergate scandal and later went on to serve in Bill Clinton’s cabinet, drew a parallel between Trump and Richard Nixon, suggesting that the commander-in-chief’s actions mirror Nixon’s.
“During the Nixon administration, you had the payment of hush money in order to silence witnesses. We’ve seen that take place,” Cohen said, referring to Trump’s payments to Stormy Daniels and his alleged attempts to intimidate key witnesses in the Mueller probe.
“You have obstructed justice, in addition to justice obstruction of Congress,” he said, in reference to the president’s alleged obstruction of justice pertaining to the Russia investigation, and to his stonewalling of congressional investigations.
“With respect to Ukraine itself…the thing speaks for itself,” the former defense secretary asserted.