Asa Hutchinson: “I wanted to address a couple things that have been raised, first of all that the charges in this case are not specific…”

“I wanted to address a couple things that have been raised, first of all that the charges in this case are not specific enough. The charges are specific. They are detailed. And more importantly, the specific charges are the same as has been followed in previous impeachment inquiries of this House. And also, the report of the Committee on the Judiciary has every page number that is necessary to put the President on notice. And now materiality. It has been raised that, well, the lies under oath were not material in nature. Judge Wright at the time of the deposition in Arkansas said that the questions were relevant and directed the President to answer those questions. Materiality is determined at the time the questions are asked and not later. And that is the case of United States v. Holly, Fifth Circuit, 1991. But most importantly, no person should be so above the law that they can determine when they are a litigant in a lawsuit what is relevant and not. The judge must determine that issue. Now I want to mention Article IV. Article IV talks about the misstatements, the misleading statements to the United States Congress. We have a pattern here where the President of the United States flaunted the truth seeking process of the civil courts, he flaunted the truth seeking process of the federal grand jury.”