Law professor Jonathan Turley said his wife and dog are receiving death threats after he was a Republican witness for impeachment hearings held by the House Judiciary Committee.
The George Washington University professor made the comment Monday while on CBS after host Norah O’Donnell noted that he had received a lot of death threats.
“And my wife and dog,” Turley told the host. “Who would shoot a Goldendoodle? Maybe a Shih Tzu, but not a Goldendoodle. I don’t understand where the anger comes from. Although, as an academic, the thought that you could talk about James Madison and that would be fighting words is something I haven’t seen outside of a law school.”
During impeachment testimony last week, Turley referenced both his wife and dog, saying both were “mad” just like the rest of the country.
“I get it. You’re mad. The president is mad. My Republican friends are mad. My Democratic friends are mad. My wife is mad. My kids are mad. Even my dog seems mad, and Luna’s a Goldendoodle, they don’t get mad,” he said.
The 58-year-old legal scholar said after the hearing that he had been “inundated with threatening messages and demands” that he be fired from his job. Turley testified during the hearing that a case for impeachment could be made by the Democrats but that it had not yet been made on the congressional record.
House Democrats announced Tuesday the two articles they were bringing against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The articles center on allegations that the president tried to withhold military aid from Ukraine unless the country investigated former Vice President Joe Biden and his family.
