“You cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial, and you don't have a trial if you don't have witnesses and documentation and that.” Pelosi argued if Senate does not pursue witnesses, Trump will not be truly acquitted even if the Senate votes to do so.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued that if the Senate does not pursue witnesses in the impeachment trial, President Trump will not be truly acquitted even if the Senate votes to do so.
“He will not be acquitted,” she said when asked if she thinks Trump will be chastened or emboldened by the impeachment ordeal after the Senate votes to acquit him. “You cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial, and you don't have a trial if you don't have witnesses and documentation and that.” She urged Senate Republicans to vote for new witnesses: “I just pray that the senators will have the courage and the ability to handle the truth instead of blocking the truth,” she said.She singled outthat a president who believes his presidency is good for the country cannot be impeached for quid pro quos that would help his reelection campaign because he believes it is in the public interest.
“Imagine that you would say — ever — of any President, no matter who he or she is or whatever party, if the President thinks that his or her presidency — in this case his presidency — is good for the country, then any action is justified,” she said.
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