Sen. Cruz on 'Hannity': Presidents' Responsibility and Authority to Investigate Corruption Eliminates Democrats' Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, on Tuesday appeared on Fox News' ‘Hannity' after the White House defense team wrapped up their opening arguments. Highlights are below.
WATCH: CRUZ on Hannity: House Managers Failed, Time for Senate to Acquit
Articles of Impeachment Fail to Meet Constitutional Standard:
"Professor Dershowitz's argument that he presented to the Senate was powerful and compelling. That the Constitution requires high crimes or misdemeanors - that the test for impeachment is treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The House Democrats, they haven't alleged any crime whatsoever. It utterly fails the Constitutional standard."
Credible Evidence of Burisma Corruption Eliminates Democrats' Case:
"One point that explains why the President is innocent and he should be acquitted and why he will be acquitted - quid pro quo doesn't matter. It's a red herring. It doesn't matter if there was a quid pro quo or not.
"The reason is, a President is always justified and in fact has a responsibility to investigate credible evidence of corruption. The Democrats built their entire case on the proposition that it was baseless and a sham and phony to investigate corruption, to investigate Burisma and the Bidens. [...] Now, do I know for a fact that Joe Biden was corrupt? No. But there was more than enough for the President to say, hey we ought to investigate him, when this guy's son is getting paid a million bucks a year, when he's bragging about forcing Ukraine to fire the prosecutor. That stinks and at a minimum should be investigated. That in and of itself eliminates the Democrats case."
READ: FACT CHECK // Democrats Deny Biden Corruption
WATCH: Burisma, Biden, and the Bribery Democrats Want You to Forget About
Democrats' Double Standard:
"Everything they accused the President of and say the President did wrong, the Democrats have done worse. So they accused the President of withholding aid to Ukraine. Well, you and I both know that Barack Obama refused to give lethal aid to Ukraine for his entire Presidency. Donald Trump has given javelin missiles, anti-tank missiles. So if delaying aid to Ukraine is wrong, then Obama did it worse.
"If the investigating a political rival is wrong, well then let's pause for a second because Obama investigated a political rival, sent in spies, sent in wiretaps, unleashed the FBI and DOJ and investigated the Republican nominee. So for the Democrats, it's worth asking them, what exactly are you saying the President did wrong and which part of it has your party not done tenfold worse?"
WATCH: Trump Supplied Lethal Military Aid to Ukraine, Obama Supplied Teddy Bears
READ: CRUZ: DOJ & FBI Demonstrated Grotesque Abuses of Power
It's Time to Move on and Acquit the President:
"Enough already. Move on. On Friday, I'm going to vote that we don't need anymore witnesses. With 17 witnesses in the House, we've heard all the evidence. The House Managers have failed."
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