A third principle is judicial review. Here i would just remind the committee about the supreme courts decision in trump versus mazar. The court said about this committee that in fact it has to conduct the investigation for a legitimate purpose. A Fishing Expedition is not a legitimate purpose. Moreover, the court in the trump case it is not a legitimate purpose for the house or House Committee to be conducting the function of law enforcement. I heard many references here to criminal misbehavior, to whether or not somebody should be thrown in jail. Criticisms of a prosecutor, mr. Weiss. That sounds to me like an attempt to really substitute for the properly legitimate proceedings of the house. Two other safeguards real quickly. One is that these proceedings should be based on principle, not partisanship. I fear that what were hearing today, which can be traced back to 2019, and accusations made against mr. Biden are driven bipartisan animus more than principle. A final safeguard is for
Thats where we need him. Entitled to a Presumption Of Innocence and a full trial but i think he should resign. He is entitled to have his day in court, but he does not entitled to remain in the senate and he needs to go. For that reason probably be a good idea if he did resign. John a live look at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan where Robert Menendez pled not guilty. Uphill battle for his freedom and keep his seat on capitol hill. Im john roberts in washington. We climb the top of the hill in terms of the week, sandra. Sandra no kidding, more than halfway there, a busy two hours ahead. Sandra smith in new york. America reports. Long time democratic senator and his wife appearing before a judge after being formally arraigned on charges of taking bribes of cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz in exchange for using his political influence to benefit the Egyptian Government and others. John the calls for menendez to resign growing, more than two dozen of his democratic colleagues have ur
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