Rabbi Sacks presented this address on May 26th, 2016, on the occasion of receiving the Templeton Prize.

The audio has been abridged slightly for this podcast. The full text of his remarks (as prepared for delivery) is at https://rabbisacks.org/danger-outsourcing-morality-read-rabbi-sacks-speech-accepting-templeton-prize/

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Was it an abuse of presidential power for Donald Trump to ask the president of Ukraine to "look into" potential corruption involving Hunter Biden and Ukrainian oil company Burisma? That was the key issue in President Trump's impeachment trial earlier this year.

Burisma hired Hunter Biden to serve on its board in 2014, while his father — Joe Biden — was vice president of the United States and tasked with overseeing U.S. policy toward Ukraine.

Speaking in defense of Mr. Trump at the January impeachment trial, attorney Pam Bondi noted that multiple news organizations, including The New York Times and ABC News, had raised conflict-of-interest questions related to Biden/Burisma arrangement. She also pointed out that Burisma was the target of multiple investigations, including by the UK's Serious Fraud Office, during the time Hunter Biden was on the board.

Ms. Bondi spoke in the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 27, 2020. The audio has been abridged slightly for this podcast.

Before serving on the White House legal team for the impeachment trial, Pam Bondi was the attorney general of Florida.

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Was it an abuse of presidential power for Donald Trump to ask the president of Ukraine to "look into" potential corruption involving Hunter Biden and Ukrainian oil company Burisma? That was the key issue in President Trump's impeachment trial earlier this year.

Burisma hired Hunter Biden to serve on its board in 2014, while his father — Joe Biden