Political Quotes

“I would like to address the Senate Judiciary majority's Trump investigation examining the period from December 14, 2020 through January 3, 2021. The majority released their report this morning; the minority released our report this morning. This truncated investigation doesn't support the long-running Democratic narrative that Trump used the Justice Department to try to overturn the 2020 election. And it is truncated because we don't have all the records and this committee only interviewed three witnesses. The available evidence shows that President Trump didn't use the Department of Justice to subvert the 2020 election. For example, one witness testified that President Trump had no impact--I repeat, no impact; and the words ``no impact'' come from that witness--on what the Department did to investigate election allegations. In fact, the evidence shows that President Trump listened to his advisers and to their recommendations, and that he followed those recommendations. The witnesses also testified that President Trump didn't fire anyone at the Justice Department relating to the election. Records from this investigation indicate that President Trump's focus was on ``legitimate complaints and reports of crimes.'' Witnesses testified that President Trump's main focus was on making the Department aware of the potential criminal allegations and to ensure that the Department did its job. It wasn't President Trump directing or ordering specific investigative steps.…”