On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
Thank you, sir. I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, Senators Hawley, Sasse, and Barrasso. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Scott of South Carolina, Hawley, Sasse, and Barrasso is to the counsel for the President: During their presentation, the House Managers referenced Chairman Gowdy and the House Benghazi Investigation. The final report on Benghazi flatly says ``The administration did not cooperate with the investigation.'' That committee fought for two years to access information, and often had information requests ignored or denied. Yet this House investigation, after just 3 months, already supposedly justifies impeachment. Does President Trump owe more compliance than other Presidents did? Mr. Counsel SEKULOW. Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. Part of what we are seeing, I believe, is kind of a two-fold attack or approach. We just saw a citation to two district court opinions, as if the final arbiter of an issue of this magnitude is going to be the district court--or, for that matter, the court of appeals. You are right. It is going to be the Supreme Court of the United States, if it goes in that direction. Now, with regard to the question about the statement in the Benghazi report that the administration did not cooperate, the same was also true with Fast and Furious and the investigation there.…





