Melvin Watt: “I wanted to express that after hearing a good part of the debate today my opinion that the debate has been high quality…”

“I wanted to express that after hearing a good part of the debate today my opinion that the debate has been high quality and civil on both sides, and there are two issues that I think from the debate so far need to be still addressed that I thought might be worthy of talking about. First of all, is lying under oath a serious offense if it is proven? I think we all ought to acknowledge that it truly is. Does it undermine the rule of law? I think we ought to acknowledge that it does in much the same way that lack of resources that people who come into the court and do not have good legal representation and resources and bias of witnesses undermines the rule of law. Untruths also undermine the rule of law. But the thing that undermines the rule of law more than any other single thing is a disregard of the law, and I think to get to the real question we need to ask the question is lying under oath impeachable? Because the standard for impeachment is treason. This is not treason. Bribery; it is not bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors interpreted as crimes against the state, crimes against the government.”