By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Adam Schiff “knew he was losing and kind of lost it,” said President Donald J. Trump Legal Counsel Jay Sekulow on-air Friday to Citizens Journal co-founder Michael Hernandez.
House Manager Adam Schiff in his closing comments Monday during the U.S. Senate impeachment proceedings stated: “Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country.”
According to Sekulow, “It was a sign of real desperation. I got the impression that he knew he was losing and kind of lost it. It was nonsensical. This is so absurd. The Constitution does not allow this.”
The American Center for Law and Justice Chief Counsel said his defense of the President was an “experience of a lifetime—the biggest win in my legal career.”
Sekulow said, “What this President has endured is unprecedented and unacceptable. This entire impeachment was partisan and it should never have happened. The President at all times acted under his Constitutional authority, his legal authority, and his Oath of Office.
“These articles of impeachment fail in their face and no amount of testimony can change that. We stand firm and protected the Constitution and protected the will of the people. We stand firm and protected the nation and restored our Constitution. This is what justice demands and the Constitution demands.
“The Office of the President won. The Constitution won. It is now behind us. The real victory is with the American people, the Constitution, and the Office of the President. It is time to turn our attention to other things.
Sekulow said that the arguments of the House Managers for additional witnesses in the U.S. Senate was a faulty one because they already had witnesses called during the House impeachment proceedings. When asked on Wednesday, how much longer would the trial go if witnesses were brought forward? His response: “It would take a lot of time just to get through motions. There have been 17 witnesses that the manager has put forward. They want four additional witnesses in particular, if (the Senate) grants witnesses.
“The White House and the President get what? We want Adam Schiff, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, the whistleblower and any additional people in the House Intelligence Committee that had contact with the whistleblower. If we get anybody we want, we will be here a long time.
“We want executive privilege. I suspect Manager Schiff will want some sort of privilege. We’ll go for many more weeks. They (the House Democrats) put this impeachment forward in an aggressive and fast-paced way and now they are saying ‘we need more witnesses.’ (Turning to House Manager Adam Schiff): Yet, 31 or 32 times you stated you proved every aspect (that this President needs to be impeached) and I don’t think you did. (House Manager Schiff responds to Sekulow’s question of proof by saying “YES”). Then you don’t need additional witnesses.”
Sekulow on Friday said that in the Clinton impeachment trial, no new witnesses were called before the U.S. Senate. The argument put forth by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats stating that this was not a trial without witnesses was false.
“When in the House of Representatives, did we go through a constitutional process? Separation of powers means something. We hear a lot about politics, if a partisan impeachment is now the rule of the day based on policy disagreements and personal presumptions and newspaper reports and allegations; then future presidents both Democrat and Republican will be paralyzed the moment they are elected and even before they take the oath of office.”
Michael Hernandez, Co-Founder of the Citizens Journal—Ventura County’s online news service; editor of the History Makers Report and founder of History Makers International—a community nonprofit serving youth and families in Ventura County, is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor. He has worked 25 years as a middle school teacher in Monrovia and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. Mr. Hernandez can be contacted by email at [email protected].
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