Andrea Joy Campbell: “I have been here since the debate began, and no speaker has refuted the facts. The facts are that the President did not…”

“I have been here since the debate began, and no speaker has refuted the facts. The facts are that the President did not tell the truth under oath on August 17 and on other occasions, but specifically on August 17. Let me address why that matters so much and why that rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. The August 17 incident does rise to that level because it undermines my ability to trust this President whenever he says anything to me or to anyone else, if it is in his interest not to tell the truth. And that is what takes this conduct above the level of a common violation of law and to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor, because it incapacitates him from effectively serving as our President. He raised his hand, he promised to God he would tell the truth. He had his attorney by his side. He had seven months' advance notice. He could have interrupted the August 17 proceedings at any moment. The reason that humanity might allow us to understand the President's not telling the truth earlier in January, namely to hide the truth from his wife and daughter, no longer was the case in August. He had already told them the truth. And having taken the oath to God and having seven months' advance notice, and having the right to stop the proceedings if it was difficult, and, unlike any other American citizen, having his attorney by his side if a question required the advice of counsel, this President chose not to tell the truth.”