Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I have a question, which I send to the desk and ask the House managers to respond to it. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question for the House managers from Senator Menendez: The President was seeking investigations from a foreign power based partly on what Fiona Hill called ``a fictional narrative perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services.'' The US Intelligence Community has warned that the Russian government is already preparing to attack our election in 2020, and the President has said publicly he would welcome foreign interference in our elections. Why should Americans be concerned about foreign interference and why does it matter that the President continues to solicit foreign interference in our elections? Mr. Manager CROW. Mr. Chief Justice and Senator, thank you for the question. Let's outline the facts that we do know about today. None of the 17 witnesses who testified as part of the House's impeachment inquiry were aware of any factual basis to support the allegations that it was Ukraine and not Russia that interfered in the 2016 election. FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was nominated by President Trump and confirmed by this body, stated as recently as this past December that we have no reason to believe that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.…”