Leading Democrats on Sunday took Republican senators to task for signaling how they'll vote as the impeachment proceedings facing President Trump near an all-but-certain Senate trial.
As similar GOP statements have mounted, Democrats and others have pointed to the oath that all senators will take before any Senate trial, in which they are to state:"I solemnly swear that, in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States, now pending, I will do impartial justice, according to the Constitution and laws, so help me God.
Speaking with ABC's"This Week," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said the comments he'd heard from McConnell and Graham amounted to a"violation of the oath they're about to take, and it's a complete subversion of the constitutional scheme." House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on"This Week" that Republicans were making those comments because"they don't want the American people to see the facts."
"I fully intend to follow my oath, but the oath of a Senate juror, it has some similarities to a criminal trial, but it has some differences, as well," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on"This Week.""The framers understood that impeachment, particularly the impeachment of a president, is inherently a political exercise. Senators are not required, like jurors in a criminal trial, to be sequestered, not to talk to anyone, not to coordinate. There's no prohibition.
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