STATEMENTS. MR. NUNES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
CLOSING REMARKS?
CLOSING REMARKS? >> THANK YOU.
I HAVE STRESSED IN THESE
HEARINGS THAT THE WHISTLE-BLOWER
COMPLAINT WAS MERELY A PRETEXT
FOR DONALD TRUMP’S POLITICAL
OPPONENTS TO DO WHAT THEY’VE
BEEN TRYING TO DO SINCE HE WAS
ELECTED.
ELECTED. OUST THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE.
A BRIEF TIMELINE WILL ILLUSTRATE
THE WIDE RANGE OF EXTRAORDINARY
ATTACKS HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
FACED.
FACED. I’LL START IN JUNE OF 2016 WHEN
DONALD TRUMP WAS JUST A
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. ON BEHALF OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND THE
HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN FUSION
GPS HIRES CHRISTOPHER STEEL TO
WRITE THE STEEL DOSSIERS A
COLLECTION OF FALSE ALLEGATIONS
ATTRIBUTED TO RUSSIAN SOURCES
CLAIMING THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A
RUSSIAN AGENT.
RUSSIAN AGENT. FAST FORWARD TO JANUARY 6th OF
2017.
2017. FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY BRIEFED
PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP ON THE
STEEL DOSSIER.
STEEL DOSSIER. THE BRIEFING IS LINKED TO CNN
AND SOON AFTERWARDS BUZZ FEED
PUBLISHES THE DOSSIERS.
JANUARY 20th ON PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S INAUGURATION DAY "THE
WASHINGTON POST" RUNS A STORY
HEADLINED, QUOTE, THE CAMPAIGN
TO IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEGUN.
BEGUN. JANUARY 30th, TEN DAYS LATER,
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER’S CURRENT
LAWYER TWEETS, #COUP HAS
STARTED.
STARTED. FIRST OF MANY STEPS.
#REBELLION #IMPEACHMENT WILL
FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY.
FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY. MARCH 22nd, DEMOCRATS ON THIS
COMMITTEE FALSELY DECLARE ON
NATIONAL TV THAT THEY HAVE MORE
THAN CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN COLLUDED
WITH RUSSIA.
WITH RUSSIA. JULY 12th AN ARTICLE OF
IMPEACHMENT IS FILED AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. NOVEMBER 15th DEMOCRATS FILE
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. AS YOU SEE, THIS WAS JUST IN
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR IN
OFFICE.
OFFICE. HE WAS SUBJECTED TO A
COORDINATED SMEAR OPERATION,
DESIGNED TO FALSELY PORTRAY HIM
AS A RUSSIAN AGENT.
AS WELL AS ATTEMPTS TO IMPEACH
HIM.
HIM. THIS ALL OCCURRED BEFORE THIS
NOW INFAMOUS CALL WITH PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY.
ZELENSKY. IN 2018 THE ATTACKS CONTINUED.
OFTEN FROM EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH
IMPLEMENTING HIS POLICIES.
ON FEBRUARY 2nd, 2018,
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS RELEASE A MEMO
REVEALING THAT THE FBI USED
FABRICATIONS, THE STEEL DOSSIER,
TO GET A WARRANT TO SPY ON THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATE.
SEPTEMBER 5th, THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" PRINTS A COLUMN BY AN
ANONYMOUS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIAL WHO EXPLAINS THAT HE
AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS ARE,
QUOTE, WORKING DILIGENTLY FROM
WITHIN TO FRUSTRATE PARTS OF
TRUMP’S AGENDA, UNQUOTE.
DECEMBER 7th, JAMES COMEY ADMITS
TO CONGRESS THE STEEL DOSSIER
WAS UNVERIFIED BEFORE AND AFTER
THE FBI USED IT TO GET A WARRANT
TO SPY ON A TRUMP CAMPAIGN
ASSOCIATE.
ASSOCIATE. THE RUSSIA HOST COMPARED TO BE
THE MAIN FOCUS OF ATTACKS GOING
INTO 2019 BUT WHEN THAT ENTIRE
OPERATION COLLAPSED A NEW
IMPEACHMENT PRETEXT HAD TO BE
FOUND.
FOUND. MAY 4th, 2019, ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION A DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN PROCLAIMS, QUOTE,
I’M CONCERNED THAT IF WE DON’T
IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT HE WILL
GET RE-ELECTED, UNQUOTE.
JULY 24th OF THIS YEAR.
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER
TESTIFIES TO CONGRESS ABOUT HIS
REPORT, WHICH DEBUNKED THE
CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATES CONSPIRED
WITH RUSSIA TO HACK THE 2016
ELECTION.
ELECTION. JULY 25th, JUST THE VERY NEXT
DAY, A NEW ANTI-TRUMP OPERATION
BEGINS AS SOMEONE LISTENS TO THE
PRESIDENT’S PHONE CALL WITH THE
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY.
AND LEAKS THE CONTENTS TO THE
SO-CALLED WHISTLE-BLOWER.
SO-CALLED WHISTLE-BLOWER. SEPTEMBER 13th, DEMOCRATS ON
THIS COMMITTEE TAKE THE
EXTRAORDINARY STEP OF ISSUING A
PRESS RELEASE RELATED TO THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER’S COMPLAINT.
WHISTLE-BLOWER’S COMPLAINT. OCTOBER 2nd, IT’S REVEALED THAT
DEMOCRATIC STAFF ON THIS
COMMITTEE HAD CONTACT WITH THE
WHISTLE-BLOW BEFORE HE
SUBMITTED HIS COMPLAINT TO THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
INSPECTOR GENERAL. CONTRADICTING DEMOCRAT DENIALS
THAT SUCH CONTACT HAD OCCURRED.
OCTOBER 31st, HALLOWEEN.
PROBABLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE
DAY.
DAY. DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES VOTE TO OPEN AN
OFFICIAL IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHAT YOU’VE SEEN IN THIS ROOM
OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS IS A
SHOW TRIAL.
SHOW TRIAL. THE PLANNED RESULT OF THREE
YEARS OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS
AND DIRTY TRICKS.
CAMPAIGNS WAGED AGAINST THIS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AND LIKE ANY GOOD SHOW TRIAL,
THE VERDICT WAS DECIDED BEFORE
THE TRIAL EVER BEGAN.
AFTER ALL, AFTER DENOUNCING THE
PRESIDENT FOR YEARS AS A RUSSIAN
AGENT AND THREAT TO DEMOCRACY,
HOW COULD THE DEMOCRATS NOT
IMPEACH HIM?
IMPEACH HIM? IF THEY DON’T HAVE TO -- IF THEY
DON’T MOVE TO OVERTHROW HIM IT
WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY DON’T
REALLY BELIEVE THEIR OWN DIRE
WARNINGS ABOUT THE THREAT HE
POSES.
POSES. THE DEMOCRATS ONLY NEEDED A
PRETEXT.
PRETEXT. WHEN THEIR RUSSIAN DOSSIERS AND
INVESTIGATIONS FAILED TO DO THE
JOB, THEY MOVED TO PLAN B, THE
UKRAINE HOAX.
UKRAINE HOAX. THIS SPECTACLE WITH ITS SECRET
DEPOSITIONS AND MID HEARING
PRESS CONFERENCES IS NOT MEANT
TO DISCOVER THE FACTS.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE A
SPECIFIC STORY LINE TO BE PUSHED
FORWARD BY THE DEMOCRATS AND
THEIR SUPPORTERS IN THE MEDIA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS WE
APPROACH THANKSGIVING, SPEAKER
PELOSI HAS JUST MADE CLEAR JUST
TODAY USMCA, FREE TRADE DEAL
WITH CANADA AND MEXICO WILL
BOOST OUR ECONOMY, WON’T BE
SIGNED THIS YEAR.
SO I HOPE MR. SCHIFF WILL
CLARIFY HOW MUCH LONGER WE WILL
WASTE ON THIS EFFORT AND WHAT
OTHER VITAL LEGISLATION HE’S
WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THIS
IMPEACHMENT CRUSADE.
IMPEACHMENT CRUSADE. WILL THERE BE EVEN MORE SECRET
DEPOSITIONS ACCOMPANIED BY THE
USUAL FLOOD OF DEMOCRATIC LEAKS?
WILL WE HAVE MORE PUBLIC
HEARINGS WITH DEMOCRAT WITNESSES
BUT NOT OURS?
THE MINORITY ARE IN THE DARK
ABOUT WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL
BE DOING WHEN WE RETURN.
AND SO IS AMERICA.
JAMES MADISON WARNED US ABOUT
THE DANGER POSED BY THE TYRANNY
OF THE MAJORITY.
TO AVOID THAT THREAT OUR
FOUNDERS CREATED A
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. BUT IS THERE A BETTER EXAMPLE OF
THE TYRANNY OF MAJORITY THAN THE
WAY THIS IMPEACHMENT PROCESS HAS
BEEN RUN IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES?
REPRESENTATIVES? A PROCESS THAT IS GROSSLY
UNFAIR, CAN ONLY STEM FROM A
CYNICAL MAJORITY THAT IS WILLING
TO BREAK LONG ESTABLISHED
PRECEDENTS, TRAMPLE ON
LEGITIMATE MINORITY CONCERNS,
AND IMPOSE THEIR ABSOLUTE WILL
ON THIS BODY THROUGH SHEER FORCE
OF NUMBERS.
OF NUMBERS. EXPLOITING THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE AS A VENUE FOR
IMPEACHMENT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
GROSSEST ABUSES IN A PROCESS
FILLED WITH CYNICAL
MANIPULATIONS, LARGE AND SMALL.
THIS FARCE WILL SOON MOVE TO THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHERE
IMPEACHMENT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS.
I WISH MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
WELL IN FIGHTING THIS TRAVESTY
AND DEFENDING THE IDEA WHICH AT
ONE TIME RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT NOT LONG AGO.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S VOTE