Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Senator Durbin's question is directed to the House managers: Would you please respond to the answer that was just given by the President's counsel? Ms. Manager GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Chief Justice, Senators, the President sought Ukraine's help in investigating the Bidens only after reports suggested Vice President Biden might enter the 2020 Presidential race and would seriously challenge President Trump in the polls. President Trump had no interest in Biden's Obama-era Ukraine work in 2017 or 2018 when Biden was not running against him for President. None of the 17 witnesses in the impeachment inquiry provided any credible evidence--no credible evidence--to support the allegation that former Vice President Biden acted inappropriately in any way in Ukraine. Instead, witnesses testified that the former Vice President was carrying out official U.S. policy in coordination with the international community when he advocated for the ouster of a corrupt Ukrainian official. In short, the allegations are simply unfounded. President Trump's own handpicked special envoy to Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker, knew they were unfounded too. He testified that he confronted the President's attorney, Mr. Giuliani, about these conspiracy theories and told him that ``it is simply not credible to me that Joe Biden would be influenced in his duties as Vice President by money or things for his son or anything like that.…”