Trick No. 1 is the bait and switch. Dems have already laid the bait. They swear they’re reluctant to drag the nation into impeachment, but their duty to defend the rule of law requires it. “Our job is to follow the facts” and “apply the law,” says committee member Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. “No one is above the law,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists.

Now get ready for the switch: At the hearing, Democrats and their handpicked legal experts will argue that a president can be impeached without breaking a law. Suddenly, impeachment isn’t about upholding the rule of law. The grounds are broader — wide enough to drive a truck through.

Why the switch? Because Dems don’t have the goods to show Trump’s committed a crime, even after three years of the Mueller investigation, followed by Schiff’s televised spectacle.

Expect more deceptive claims from Nadler, including these:

No. 2: The framers wanted impeachment to apply broadly.