Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the House impeachment of President Trump is “an open and shut case” because he “has committed crimes in public.”
“We know that he has committed a crime. The question is, how many other people are implicated in this? The question is, how often did he do it? Did he do it in other circumstances? How big does this get?” the liberal congresswoman told MSNBC on Thursday.
“The president has committed crimes in public. This is something that we know. This is something that all people know.”
She cited Trump’s suggestion from earlier this month that China investigate his political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Trump made the comment while speaking to reporters at the White House. They came in the wake of House Democrats launching impeachment hearings that center on the president’s July conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump made a similar request.
“It’s a very open and shut case,” she said.
“He has committed impeachable crimes. It’s just a question of how many and how many people were involved and who knew.”
.@AOC: Trump’s impeachment an “open and shut case.”
“He has committed impeachable crimes. It’s just a question of how many and how many people were involved and who knew.” pic.twitter.com/TTltj4dRbD
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 25, 2019
