“President Trump may not know a lot about the framers,” Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager, said in arguing that the trial of the former president is constitutional. “But they knew a lot about him.” Representative Joe Neguse laid out the case that two centuries of precedent and common sense backed by numerous conservative legal scholars make clear that former officials must be tried by the Senate when impeached. “This is not the first time this direct question has been debated in this chamber,” he said. Otherwise, the Colorado Democrat said, public officials could just resign a minute before a Senate trial or even during the trial if it wasn’t going well. “That would effectively erase disqualification from the Constitution,” he said. He added, “You don’t need to be a constitutional scholar to know that the argument President Trump asks you to adopt is not just wrong, it’s dangerous.” Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake