'I'm insulted': A constitutional law expert fiercely defended her knowledge of the impeachment inquiry Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee after the panel's top Republican suggested she wasn't read up on the proceedings.
Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford University, was responding to Rep. Doug Collins, who said the four professors invited to speak about impeachment were"in here today to testify on stuff most of you have already written about.
"I'm insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don't care about those facts," she said, visibly frustrated by the Georgia Republican's remarks. Read MoreKarlan, who had gone off script when she fired back at Collins, said during her opening statement that Trump invited foreign involvement in the upcoming election and that he"must be held accountable" in order to uphold the Constitution.
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