Sunday shows — Nadler: A jury would convict Trump in ‘three minutes flat’
by The Hill staff
Democrats and Republicans during the Sunday political talk shows laid out their cases for and against the impeachment of President Trump ahead of the next House Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday.
Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said a vote on impeachment is possible by the end of the week.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that President Trump would push to make the 2020 election unfair if he is acquitted of articles of impeachment in Congress.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said the House Democrats should focus on the Ukraine controversy and avoid the Mueller report when drafting articles of impeachment.
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said Sunday that the evidence unearthed by the House’s impeachment inquiry showed “a classic example of an impeachable offense.”
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Sunday was skeptical that any of his fellow House Republicans would vote for impeaching President Trump, saying he considered Democratic defections more likely.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Sunday said a pair of his Republican colleagues who took issue with President Trump’s July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president were wrong to suggest there was anything improper in the communication.
“I think the president was acting on a sincere, longly held view and skepticism of foreign aid,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said. “I think he was acting on concern about Ukraine being the third most corrupt country in the world.”
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday dismissed the allegations House Democrats have made against President Trump and characterized the continuing impeachment inquiry as a baseless partisan attack.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday defended obtaining phone records in the House’s impeachment inquiry, saying only “the far right” has raised objections.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Sunday said the Pentagon will review the vetting process for an exchange program for foreign nationals that admitted a Saudi military officer who allegedly killed three people in an attack on the naval base in Pensacola, Fla.
“Of course, what happened in Pensacola has to inform on our ongoing relationship with Saudi Arabia,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said. “That is the message I directly delivered to the Saudi ambassador when she called to offer her condolences.”
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Iowa voters, not big money, should have determined whether Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was able to remain in the presidential race.
