https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/opinion/trump-impeachment-defense.html
"Members of Congress must listen closely to what these witnesses are saying: President Trump used the power of his office to pressure a struggling ally to conduct investigations for his own personal, political benefit. They will face a vote as consequential to American democracy as any they have taken. The testimony spoken in these hearings, and the facts outlined by these witnesses, must be their only guide when they take that vote. Not to do so is to allow the president to succeed in damaging our democracy."