Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, on behalf of myself, Senator Bennet, Senator Blumenthal, and Senator Heinrich, I have a question to send to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Warner, Bennet, Blumenthal, and Heinrich is for the House managers: Our intelligence community and law enforcement leadership unanimously concluded Russia interfered in the 2016 election and that Russia continues those efforts toward the 2020 election. The Mueller report and the Senate Intelligence Committee reached the same conclusion. Yesterday the President's counsel said that foreign election interference could be legal if it's related to ``credible'' information. Does this mean it is proper for the President to accept or encourage Russia, China, or other foreign countries to produce damaging intelligence or information targeting his domestic political opponents as long as he deems it to be from ``credible information''? This is for the House managers. Mr. Manager SCHIFF. Senators and the Mr. Chief Justice, that is the natural conclusion of what the President's lawyers are arguing. Essentially, if the President believes that it would serve his reelection interest to seek the help of a foreign intelligence service to provide dirt on his opponent or in other ways assist his campaign, as long as he thinks his winning is in the national interest, then that is OK. It is not OK, but no restraint can be placed upon him.…”