Political Quotes

“I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Young. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Cramer and Young is for the counsel for the President: Manager Schiff regularly states that if the President is innocent he would agree to all of the witnesses and documents that the Managers want. Is the President the first innocent defendant not to waive his rights? Mr. Counsel PHILBIN. Mr. Chief Justice, Senators, thank you for that question because the answer is, obviously, no. The President is not the first innocent defendant who decided not to waive his rights, and I think it is striking and shocking that it is one of the arguments that has been repeatedly deployed by the House managers throughout these proceedings. You heard Manager Nadler say only the guilty hide evidence, only the guilty don't respond to subpoenas, and Manager Schiff say that this is not the way innocent people act. Well, of course, that is contrary to the very spirit of our American justice system, where people have rights, and asserting those rights cannot be interpreted as an indication of guilt. That is expressly forbidden by the laws and by the Constitution. The Supreme Court explained in Bordenkircher v.…”