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On the recordFebruary 6, 2024
My Republican colleagues won't admit that this impeachment is a sham, but their favorite conservative legal experts will. President Trump's impeachment attorney, Alan Dershowitz, accused Republicans of ``distorting the Constitution;'' and Republicans' favorite legal witness, Jonathan Turley, said that: ``There is also no current evidence that [Mayorkas] is corrupt or committed an impeachable offense. . . . `' Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez).
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Democratic · Mississippi
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