Kelly Loeffler: “I send a letter to the desk on behalf of myself, Senators Blackburn, Hyde-Smith, Cotton, Hawley, Barrasso, Perdue…”

“I send a letter to the desk on behalf of myself, Senators Blackburn, Hyde-Smith, Cotton, Hawley, Barrasso, Perdue, Fischer, and Cornyn. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Loeffler and Senators Blackburn, Hyde- Smith, Cotton, Hawley, Barrasso, Perdue, Fischer, and Cornyn is for counsel for the President: As a fact witness who was coordinating with the whistleblower, did Manager Schiff's handling of the impeachment inquiry create material due process issues for the President to have a fair trial? Mr. Counsel PHILBIN. Mr. Chief Justice, Senators, thank you for that question. And I believe the short answer is yes, it did create a material due process issue. And as I explained the other day in a portion of my argument, there were three major due process violations: the lack of an authorization, so that the whole proceeding started in an illegitimate and constitutionally invalid manner; second, the lack of basic due process protections related to fundamental rights to present evidence, cross-examine witnesses, present witnesses; and the final one is that Manager Schiff or his staff had some role in consulting with the whistleblower that remains secret to this day. And all attempts to find out about that, to ask questions about that were shut down. Manager Schiff said today that he had no contact with the whistleblower, that it was only his staff. But the extent to which there was some consultation there hasn't actually been probed by any question.…”