Rep Collins is confusing an inquiry with an impeachment proceeding. The President’s lawyers WILL get their chance to use their silver tongues if and when there is an impeachment proceeding.
Myth: An impeachment inquiry should operate in secret.
Fact: The House has always given the president’s lawyers the opportunity to defend him in public hearings during impeachment proceedings.
#MythBustingMondaypic.twitter.com/hODKCa1atq
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He knows the difference. This is deliberately misleading for his constituents.
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Lying again. During Nixon’s impeachment inquiry, committees met behind closed doors for many months. Only at the end - after the SCt ruled Nixon had to turn over the tapes - did they lay out the evidence by calling witnesses publicly.
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Myth: impeachment is about overturning the will of the people. Fact: impeachment is about holding a
@POTUS accountable for abuses of power while in office. Fact: those@GOP who continue to defend & gaslight for a treasonous@realDonaldTrump will not be forgotten!#GOPCowardspic.twitter.com/1iXouhDnKM
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The president is elected publicly, not secretly. So he should be impeached publicly not secretly.
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1/2 This is the INQUIRY. Articles of impeachment have not been introduced yet. This is the investigation stage, and no one, not Nixon, Clinton, (nor any criminal) gets to intervene at the info gathering stage. There will be articles introduced, hearings held, and a trial in...
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But the House isn't doing "public hearings" yet. "the Constitution actually says nothing about the process the House is supposed to follow when it comes to impeachment inquiries, other than that it eventually has to approve articles of impeachment..." (NPR)
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