The last day of public impeachment hearings ended with a powerful statement from Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff. Here’s an excerpt from his closing statement:
“It came down to the fact that the day after Bob Mueller testified… testified that Donald Trump invited Russian interference, ‘Russia, if you’re listening, come get Hillary’s emails’ and later that day they tried to hack her server. The day after he testified that not only did Trump invite that interference, but that he welcomed the help and the campaign, they made full use of it. They lied about it, they obstructed the investigation into it. And all this is in his testimony and in his report, the day after that, Donald Trump is back on the phone asking another nation to involve itself in another U.S. election. That says to me, this president believes he is above the law. Beyond accountability. And in my view, there is nothing more dangerous than an unethical president who believes they are above the law. And I would just say to people watching here at home, and around the world, in the words of my great colleague (Elijah Cummings), ‘we are better than that.’ Adjourned.”
Watch more of Schiff’s statement above.