.@DougJones concedes he could pay politically for his vote to convict POTUS:
"Moral courage ... is harder ... when political careers are on the line."
Never wanted to serve in an impeachment trial but will "not shrink from my duty" to honor the Constitution.
#ImpeachmentTrials
"Moral courage ... is harder ... when political careers are on the line."
Never wanted to serve in an impeachment trial but will "not shrink from my duty" to honor the Constitution.
#ImpeachmentTrials
@DougJones He did say he wished the House had continued to pursue more documents but that doesn't mean the evidence is insufficient.
"I will vote to convict," he says. This is the moment in history our founders envisioned -- when a failure to impeach was a greater risk to democracy.
"I will vote to convict," he says. This is the moment in history our founders envisioned -- when a failure to impeach was a greater risk to democracy.
@DougJones "It is simply a matter of right and wrong," he says, not of heros and non heros in this "chapter of history."
"Our country deserves better than this."
"Our country deserves better than this."
