Corrupt Motives Doctrine

"Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark."
--Dr Iris Handyman (Minority Report)

The Democrat's impeachment argument has withered into a 'corrupt motives' slant (not this first time corrupt motives doctrine has been tried against the president). President Trump broke no laws, they say, but his motives justify him being removed from office.

Aside from the problem of getting inside the president's head to identify his true motives for any action, motivation cannot be grounds for legitimate conviction. In this case, if the argument is that the president was wrong because he acted in his own self-interest (e.g., for his re-election), then all pelicans are guilty of 'wrongdoing', as is the public at large. All of us act in our own self interest.

Moreover, president surely equate their re-election with the 'national interest.'

The corrupt motives doctrine circulating among so-called 'impeachment managers' demonstrates once more the brazen political hypocrisy in Washington.