institution and to our democracy. >> thank you, mr. manager. >> chief justice? >> senator from alabama. >> i sent a question to the desk. >> thank you. the question from senator shelby is for counsel for the president. though not charged in the articles of impeachment, house managers and others have stated the president's actions constituted criminal bribery. can this claim be reconciled with the supreme court's unanimous decision in mcdonald versus united states? >> mr. chief justice, senator, thank you for that question. and i think the answer is no, it can't be reconciled with the mcdonald case. and let me make a couple of points in my answer. the first is, of course, because there is no bribery or extortion charged in the articles of impeachment, the managers can't rely on that now to try to establish their case. i pointed out yesterday, i believe, that that is a due process violation of the most fundamental sort, to have a charging document, and then -- and leave out certain charges in the charging document, then come to trial and say, well it's not in the indictment, it's not in charge, but, actually, what we have shown you is he did something else wrong, it was this