I believe these documents are also of great importance to making sure senators have the information necessary to make a fully informed decision this terribly weighty decision. The house has built a very strong case against the president. Maybe thats why Leader Mcconnell doesnt seem to want witnesses, at least not agree to them now. Maybe thats why the president is afraid because the house case is so strong that they dont want witnesses that might corroborate it. The evidence the house put together includes public testimony given under oath by numerous senior officials appointed by President Trump. These are trump appointees were calling, not some partisan democrat but some republican senators have said that while the charges are serious, they
havent seen enough evidence to make a decision. Thats one of the reasons ive proposed subpoenas for these witnesses and documents all directly relevant from officials who have yet to testify under oath during any stage of the house process. Senato
where the majority is now pushing forward with a final vote on impeachment heedless of where it takes the country and regardless of whether or not they ve proven their case. if my colleagues in the majority believe they have proven their case, let me be clear. they have not. the entire premise of these articles of impeachment rests on a pause placed on ukrainian security assistance, a pause of 55 days. majority has spun creative narratives as to the meaning and motive of this pause alleging the president demanded a quote, quid pro quo, unquote. but with no factual evidence to back it up. security aid to the ukraine was released. the administration did so without the ukraine ever initiating an investigation into anyone or anything. it s even more startling to me
president whether the evidence is there or not. i suppose i shouldn t be surprised by any of this. democrats in the house vsh pushing to impeach president trump since before he was even sworn in. in december of 2017 when a current democratic member of the house forced a vote on impeachment resolution, 58 democrats voted then to impeach t president trump even without an investigation, without any evidence to point to, and those numbers have only grown since then to the point where the majority is now pushin forward with a final vote on impeachment heedless of where it takes the krr country and regardless of whether they have proven their case. mr. chairman, it didn t have to be this way. when she became entrusted with the gavel over this house in congress, speaker pelosi assured us all she would not move forward with impeachment unless it was bipartisan, and unless there was a clear consensus in