Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

the President has tried to disgrace Starr and his office with a sustained propaganda campaign that would make Nixon blush, and he should be ...

The First Amendment ends where efforts to corrupt begin, correct? You do not have a First Amendment right to corrupt your Government.

a disgraceful effort to undermine the rule of law.

I am not willing to concede that there is any legitimacy to this entire committee confidential process in this hearing.