Pamela Karlan said she felt 'insulted' by Representative Doug Collins' implication that she was unfamiliar with the impeachment transcripts before the House hearings.
Karlan went on to say that reading the transcripts convinced her that Trump"demanded" foreign involvement in the 2020 election, and that in doing so"he struck at the very heart of what makes this a republic to which we pledge allegiance."
She further argued that this"demand" made by Trump was a clear, especially egregious abuse of power, because"it undermines democracy itself." Karlan's remarks addressed the heart of the current impeachment inquiry—the accusation that in July Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Biden's son Hunter. That request, House Democrats believe, was meant to undermine Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.
On September 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that several committees in the House would begin impeachment proceedings against Trump for reportedly attempting to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens in exchange for a release of military aid. The impeachment hearings against the president began on November 13. On Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee released its 300-page report outlining the evidence for impeachment that it has gathered thus far."I would like to say to you, sir, that I read transcripts ... 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.
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