House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that President Trump’s potential acquittal in a Senate impeachment trial would not signal a “failure” for House Democrats.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on Sunday obstruction of Congress may be the "most serious of the articles" of impeachment against President Trump.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Sunday pushed back on the suggestion that Democrats have failed their own “test” on impeachment by not gaining enough support from Republicans.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Sunday that he is “gravely concerned” about what President Trump might do before the 2020 election if the president is acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Sunday he’s “disappointed” in the vast number of Republicans unwilling to put partisan politics aside to evaluate allegations of President Trump’s wrongdoing as part of the ongoing impeachment process.
"This is such a monumental vote using this process of impeachment is one of the most serious things the House of Representatives can do,” Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said Sunday. “My fear is that you weaponize impeachment for political gains in the future."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) doubled down on his push for a speedy Senate impeachment trial, saying he doesn’t need to hear from witnesses before taking a vote on whether to convict or acquit President Trump.
“I fully intend to follow my oath,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told ABC’s “This Week” "But the oath of a Senate juror -- it has some similarities to a criminal trial, but it has some differences as well.”
Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who recently joined President Trump's impeachment messaging team, said Sunday that the White House has every right to work with GOP senators in the lead-up to the Senate impeachment trial.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday there may be no witnesses to exonerate President Trump based on the White House’s reluctance to provide evidence as part of the ongoing impeachment probe.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that Democrats have decided to “criminalize politics” while he defended President Trump against allegations of wrongdoing as the House pushes forward with the impeachment process.
"I don’t think that [Nancy Pelosi] brought forth this impeachment because she woke up one day and decided that impeachment was the right thing to do," Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said. "I think that she got rolled by the far left of her conference.
"Well, I don't know what he found, but if he wants to come the Judiciary Committee — Rudy, if you want to come and tell us what you found, I'll be glad to talk to you. When it comes to impeachment, I want to base my decision on the record assembled in the House," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
Former FBI Director James Comey sparred with Fox News's Chris Wallace on Sunday over the results of the Justice Department's inspector general's report on the bureau's investigation into the Trump campaign and whether it cleared the FBI of wrongdoing.
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) argued on Sunday that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement is a “complete capitulation” to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on trade.
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