Power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring and injuring the national interest. Or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, these this question of whether president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And after action was taken, president nixon famously said if the president does it, it is not illegal. And this body rejected that because thats not so. That goes directly contrary to what the founders said. But President Trump has said the same thing in responding to the prior investigation by Department Of Justice and defending his conduct. Here is what he said then i have an article, too, where i have to write to do whatever i want as president. That he has the right to do
whatever he wants as president. That is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. That is not what the c
nothing more than a rubber stamp. when you sideline the judiciary committee, you sideline justice. while transcripts of most of the testimony in the intelligence committee were eventually made public, judiciary committee members were not able to watch the private proceedings, question witnesses or ensure the accuracy of the transcript. chairman schiff at times ordered witnesses not to answer republican questions, lied about contact with the whistle-blower and obtained phone numbers of members of congress and of the press and they refused to appear before this committee to defend his egregious action. putting aside the flawed process, they simply failed to establish a viable case for impeachment against the president. i have reviewed the evidence. i have read the transcripts and the proof of a high crime or misdemeanor is just not there. mr. chairman, you said in 1998 the president s accusers must go beyond hearsay and innuendo.
christmas. during the clinton impeachment in 1998, the chairman said at bare minimum the president s accusers must go beyond hearsay and innuendo and beyond the demands that the president improve his innocence of vague and changing charges. i would submit that those words ring as true today as the chairman believed them to be in 1998. the blacksmith record is heavily reliant on hearsay, innuendo and presumptions. democrats have lobbed vague and ever-changing charges for impeachment going as far back as the president s inauguration. for all these reasons the extraordinary exercise of the house s impeachment on authority is not warranted on the evidentiary record presented. thank you for allowing me to present this information this morning. and i yield back. gentleman yields back.
christmas. during the clinton impeachment in 1998 the chairman said at a bare minimum the president s accusers must go beyond hearsay and innuendo and beyond the demands that the president prove his innocence of vague and changing charges. i would submit those words ring as true today as the chairman believed them to be in 1998. the impeach. record is reliant on hearsay, innuendo and assumptions. democrats have lobbed charges for impeachment going as far back as the president s inauguration. for all these reasons the extraordinary exercise of the house s impeachment authority is not warranted on the evidentiary record presented. thank you for allowing me to present this information this morning. and i yield back. the gentleman yields back.