Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee voiced their concern on Tuesday over how secretly Democrats have been conducting the impeachment process of President Donald Trump.
“This has been a closed-door, unfair, and unprecedented process. Tens of millions of Americans should know that their member of Congress has had no access to any of the transcripts. In fact, no member has been able to read every transcript,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told reporters during the weekly GOP press conference.
Stefanik, a two term member of the Intelligence committee, revealed that to date, Democrats have only made the testimony from two witnesses even available to committee members — that of U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Even then, Democrats have severely restricted the availability of transcripts.
......
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), who also serves on the Intelligence Committee, echoed Stefanik’s alarm on House Democrats’ secrecy, which he referred to as abusive process.
“It is absolutely essential that to preserve Democracy that we have an impeachment process that is open and transparent, where the American people can see what is occurring,” Turner said. “And here today, we have an impeachment process that’s occurring in secret without any real action that is even happening from the House.”
“The House has not taken action to open an impeachment process, nor has any committee, nor has the House taken a vote for the process to be undertaken in secret,” he continued. “We have an unbelievable abusive process that is occurring.”
WATCH: GOP Intelligence Committee Members Sound The Alarm On How Secretly Dems Are Leading The Impeachment Process
“This has been a closed-door, unfair, and unprecedented process. Tens of millions of Americans should know that their member of Congress has had no access to any of the transcripts. In fact, no member has been able to read every transcript,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told reporters during the weekly GOP press conference.
Stefanik, a two term member of the Intelligence committee, revealed that to date, Democrats have only made the testimony from two witnesses even available to committee members — that of U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Even then, Democrats have severely restricted the availability of transcripts.
......
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), who also serves on the Intelligence Committee, echoed Stefanik’s alarm on House Democrats’ secrecy, which he referred to as abusive process.
“It is absolutely essential that to preserve Democracy that we have an impeachment process that is open and transparent, where the American people can see what is occurring,” Turner said. “And here today, we have an impeachment process that’s occurring in secret without any real action that is even happening from the House.”
“The House has not taken action to open an impeachment process, nor has any committee, nor has the House taken a vote for the process to be undertaken in secret,” he continued. “We have an unbelievable abusive process that is occurring.”
WATCH: GOP Intelligence Committee Members Sound The Alarm On How Secretly Dems Are Leading The Impeachment Process
