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On the recordDecember 18, 2019
I thank Ranking Member Collins for yielding. You know, in the Navy, we had a saying: BLUF, bottom line up front. Well, I will give you the bottom line. Democrats are terrified that President Trump is going to win reelection. They can't beat him on the merits, so Democrats are caving to their far left radical base and they are using the thoughts and feelings and the assumptions of some unnamed bureaucrats rather than relying on facts and law to impeach a duly elected President. Let me be clear: This is nothing more than a political hit job. You know, I have been on all sides of the courtroom. I was a prosecutor in the Navy, I was a defense attorney in the Navy, I was a district judge in my hometown. And let me tell you, as a lawyer, I would defend this case every day of the week. As a judge, I would dismiss this on day one for lack of merit. There is no prima facie case here. I will tell you who I would prosecute, though. I would prosecute Adam Schiff for abuse of power. Why? How about the fact that he used his position as chairman to leak phone records of Ranking Member Devin Nunes? How about the fact that he dumped over 8,000 pages of documents on Republicans less than 48 hours before a hearing? That is the abuse of power. And obstruction? I would prosecute the Democrats for obstruction. How about the fact that the Judiciary Committee Democrats voted down my request to subpoena the whistleblower?…
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Guy Reschenthaler
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Dec 18, 2019

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