A member of Congress raised eyebrows Sunday after she used her commencement address at George Washington Law School to criticize one of the school's professors for cautioning against the impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
Jonathan Turley, a professor at the D.C.-based law school, took to his personal website to defend himself after Rep. Susan Wild criticized him while delivering the school's commencement address Sunday for testifying against impeaching Trump.
In a response on his website Monday, Turley, who missed the commencement due to a prior commitment, said that Wild had"made no effort" to contact him prior to delivering the speech and"clearly made no effort to confirm the underlying allegation." Turley said that, while he had testified in support of the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton in 1998, his position in that case was consistent with his opposition to several articles of impeachment considered by House Democrats in 2019 against then-President Trump.
"While emphasizing that past Congresses have relied on the criminal codes and cases as an objective measure of impeachment allegations, I repeatedly and unambiguously maintained that impeachment articles could be based on non-criminal claims," Turley said."I disagreed with [the committee's] fellow witnesses in opposing the proposed articles of impeachment on bribery, extortion, campaign finance violations or obstruction of justice.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Someone like Trump, but not Trump - New York Amsterdam NewsFormer President Donald Trump remains the GOP front-runner in the next presidential election, but many have expressed they are amenable to another candidate if former-President Trump does not decide to run.[...]
Read more »
WATCH: Melania Trump hints at another Trump presidential runMelania Trump hinted at a second presidential run by her husband, former President Donald Trump, in her first interview since leaving the White House in early 2021.
Read more »
CNN Host Asks Fauci Whether He'd Stay In His Post If Trump Was Re-Elected'Uh, well, no,' the White House chief medical adviser said.
Read more »
Former President Donald Trump Backs Doug Mastriano In Pennsylvania GOP Governor PrimaryDonald Trump on Saturday endorsed Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania's Republican primary for governor, siding with a far-right candidate who was outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and has worked doggedly to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Read more »
Melania Trump Threatens a Second Term as First LadyIn her first interview since leaving Washington, Melania Trump griped about not getting a Vogue cover, hawked her NFTs, and suggested she could be returning to the White House come 2024.
Read more »