Stanford Law professor Pamela Karlan issued a scathing rebuke during her opening statements in front of the House Judiciary Committee in response to the remarks made by ranking member Rep. Doug Collins.
Karlan was one of four legal scholars who were invited to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. Each of them is expected to give their takes as to whether or not the president should be impeached based on his actions attempting to get Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
“But everything I know about our constitution and its values and my review of the evidentiary record and here, Mr. Collins, I would like to say to you, sir, that I read transcripts of every one of the witnesses who appeared in the live hearing because I would not speak about these things without reviewing the facts so, I’m insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don’t care about those facts,” she stated.
Karlan, a former Obama administration Justice Department official, continued, “But everything I read on those occasions tells me that when President Trump invited, indeed demanded foreign involvement in our upcoming election, he struck at the very heart of what makes this a republic to which we pledge allegiance.” She went on to say that the demand he made was an “abuse of power.”
Her rebuke came in response to Collins claiming that the Democrats’ impeachment investigation is “not really about the facts” during his opening statement at the beginning of the hearing. Collins also argued that House Democrats want to get the investigation done by the end of the year.
