Common Cause Issues Statement Regarding Media Restrictions on Impeachment Trial Further Limits Transparency
January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Common Cause issued the following statement by President Karen Hobert Flynn:
Keeping reporters in pens and severely restricting their access to Senators comes across as nothing more than a blatant attempt to limit transparency and Member accountability in what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has billed as a show trial to ostensibly "clear" President Trump of any wrongdoing. The American people deserve a transparent impeachment trial, but this . . .
Keeping reporters in pens and severely restricting their access to Senators comes across as nothing more than a blatant attempt to limit transparency and Member accountability in what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has billed as a show trial to ostensibly "clear" President Trump of any wrongdoing. The American people deserve a transparent impeachment trial, but this . . .