House Majority Leader Hoyer Issues Statement on Senate Majority Leader McConnell Resolution
January 22, 2020
January 22, 2020
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's resolution on rules for the impeachment trial:
"Any American knows that a trial without hearing from key witnesses and seeing critical evidence is a sham. Sen. McConnell's efforts to turn the impeachment trial into a kangaroo court for a hurried acquittal run counter to our Constitution and the oath senators swore on Thursday to 'do im . . .
"Any American knows that a trial without hearing from key witnesses and seeing critical evidence is a sham. Sen. McConnell's efforts to turn the impeachment trial into a kangaroo court for a hurried acquittal run counter to our Constitution and the oath senators swore on Thursday to 'do im . . .