Headline of @SenAlexander news is he’s a NO and the motion for new witnesses will likely fail.
And thus acquittal will come sooner rather than later.
Subhead: Alexander agrees Trump withheld US “aid, at least in part, to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens”
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And thus acquittal will come sooner rather than later.
Subhead: Alexander agrees Trump withheld US “aid, at least in part, to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens”
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2/ Alexander concurs that the House impeachment managers “have proved this with what they call a ‘mountain of overwhelming evidence.’...When elected officials inappropriately interfere with such investigations, it undermines the principle of equal justice under the law.”
3/ BUT he argues the “inappropriate” action “does not meet the U.S. Constitution’s high bar for an impeachable offense.” And he says if “this shallow, hurried and wholly partisan impeachment were to succeed, it would rip the country apart.”
4/ He also whole heartedly rejects the obstruction of Congress article. Full statement here:
alexander.senate.gov/public/index.c…
alexander.senate.gov/public/index.c…
