Susan Collins cited this moment in her speech on acquittal. A little later that night, Schiff gave an answer. See if I can find the video...
Schiff's answer in part:
"Yes, we could have charged bribery, we could have had two separate counts. That is not a constitutional requirement. And had we done that, as I said last night, they would have attacked that, saying 'you're taking one offense and making it into two.'"
"Yes, we could have charged bribery, we could have had two separate counts. That is not a constitutional requirement. And had we done that, as I said last night, they would have attacked that, saying 'you're taking one offense and making it into two.'"
"That does not detract from the fact that the president's conduct violated our bribery laws,particularly as they were understood by the framers, not as they were understood 200 years later, they violated what the framers understood from British common law to constitute extortion,
"they violated the modern day Impoundment Control Act, they violated the Whistleblower Protection Act, they violated multiple laws but that's not even necessary. What is necessary is they abused their power."
"And counsel says 'well, claims are made of abuse of power all of the time.' Yes, that's true, in political rhetoric, but these circumstances warranted impeachment. The President was impeached -- was not impeached over climate change
"or any of the other numerable examples they gave of people rhetorically saying 'the president is abusing his office.'"
"That's not what brought us here. What brought us here is the President decided that he could withhold military aid to an ally or to get help in his re-election."
-Schiff
-Schiff
This seemed to be clearly an effort by Adam Schiff to bolster Jeffries' comments which Collins clearly reacted negatively to...
