Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Braun, and it is to the President's counsel. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Scott of Florida and Braun for counsel for the President: If Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Schiff, Chairman Nadler, and House Democrats were so confident in the gravity of the President's conduct and the ``overwhelming evidence'' of an impeachable offense that prompted the inquiry, why were the House Republicans denied the procedural accommodations and substantive rights afforded to the minority party in the Clinton impeachment? Additionally, why were the President's counsel and agency attorneys denied access to cross-examine witnesses during committee testimony and present the testimony of witnesses in defense of the issues under review? Mr. Counsel CIPOLLONE. Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the Senate. I don't know why they would do that. I don't know. They violated every past precedent. They violated all forms of due process. Now, they say that is a process argument, and it is, but it is more than that. It is more than that. If you feel confident in your facts, then why do you design a process that completely shuts out the President? Why do you cook up the facts in a basement SCIF instead of in the light of day? Why do you do that? Why don't you allow the minority to call witnesses, as they have had the right to do in all past impeachments?…”