Zoe Lofgren: “It is my intention to continue the tradition of this Committee with bipartisan work on overseeing our House officers.”

Now, some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle claim the verdict against the ex-President is--and these are all quotes, ``a travesty,'' ``rigged,'' and ``a sham,'' that the jury of peers who assembled to do their civic duty…

because of possible retaliatory actions against his family and/or community members.

Now, Ambassador Eisen, can you please talk about these increased threats to public officials as well as distrust in the system, how harmful both of those could be to our country's independent judiciary and really our democracy?

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens), a distinguished member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who did so much work on this.