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Statement from The White House Press Secretary
December 18, 2019
Reported by Karen Ann Carr
Statement from The White House Press Secretary
"Today
marks the culmination in the House of one of the most shameful
political episodes in the history of our Nation. Without receiving a
single Republican vote, and without providing any proof of wrongdoing,
Democrats pushed illegitimate articles of impeachment against the
President through the House of Representatives. Democrats have chosen
to proceed on this partisan basis in spite of the fact that the
President did absolutely nothing wrong. Indeed, weeks of hearings have
proved that he did nothing wrong.
Throughout
the House Democrats’ entire sham impeachment, the President was denied
fundamental fairness and due process under the law. The House blatantly
ignored precedent and conducted the inquiry in secrecy behind closed
doors so that Chairman Adam Schiff and his partisan political cronies
could selectively leak information to their partners in the media to
push a false narrative.
When
public hearings were held before Chairman Schiff’s committee, Democrats
continued their games and denied the President the ability to
cross-examine witnesses or present witnesses or evidence. The
proceedings in the Judiciary Committee included no fact witnesses at all
and consisted solely of a biased law seminar and a staffer rehashing
the slanted report that was produced by Chairman Schiff’s rigged
proceeding. This unconstitutional travesty resulted in two baseless
articles of impeachment that lack any support in evidence and fail even
to describe any impeachable offense.
All
of these antics make clear that Democrats have lost sight of what this
country needs, which is a Congress that works for the people. Their
boundless animus for President Trump fuels their desire to nullify the
2016 election results, and improperly influence the 2020 election.
The
American people are not fooled by this disgraceful behavior. They
understand fairness, due process, and substantial, reliable evidence are
required before any American should be charged with wrongdoing—and
certainly before impeaching a duly elected President.
The
President is confident the Senate will restore regular order, fairness,
and due process, all of which were ignored in the House proceedings.
He is prepared for the next steps and confident that he will be fully
exonerated. President Trump will continue to work tirelessly to address
the needs and priorities of the American people, as he has since the
day he took office."
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