January 31, 2020 at 4:27 p.m.
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Letter to the editor
To the editor:
I really enjoyed the opinion page on Friday, Jan. 24.
Gary Abernathy’s piece “No One Really Wins” was one of the best impartial analyses of the impeachment I have read to date.
George Conway’s “Defense is affront to the Constitution” was another matter. The Constitution clearly says that the president can be impeached for "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crime or Misdemeanor.” His contention that a totally partisan House can ignore that requirement is the real affront to the Constitution.
Most interesting was Michael Kinser’s letter. I actually agreed with every word. Of course I read it as a Donald Trump supporter and as such his words ring true even though I am sure he meant it as an anti-Trump indictment.
They would have all been interested in the Trump team presentation Saturday. Kinser would have learned many secrets the Adam Schiff team tried to hide by playing testimony from Schiff’s own witnesses that proved none had any actual knowledge of impeachable offenses except inadmissible presumptions, beliefs, opinions and assumptions. They also questioned why Schiff refused to release the testimony of secret basement witness 18.
The Trump team destroyed Schiff’s arguments regarding the infamous phone call with testimony from several of his own witnesses proving the Ukrainians didn’t even know aid was withheld till a month after the call.
As for obstruction of justice, they obliterated that charge by noting that all of Schiff’s subpoenas were issued before the House voted him subpoena power and were therefore invalid.
All in all, The Commercial Review can be proud of an opinion page that gave a balanced presentation on the subject.
Stephen Erwin
Portland
I really enjoyed the opinion page on Friday, Jan. 24.
Gary Abernathy’s piece “No One Really Wins” was one of the best impartial analyses of the impeachment I have read to date.
George Conway’s “Defense is affront to the Constitution” was another matter. The Constitution clearly says that the president can be impeached for "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crime or Misdemeanor.” His contention that a totally partisan House can ignore that requirement is the real affront to the Constitution.
Most interesting was Michael Kinser’s letter. I actually agreed with every word. Of course I read it as a Donald Trump supporter and as such his words ring true even though I am sure he meant it as an anti-Trump indictment.
They would have all been interested in the Trump team presentation Saturday. Kinser would have learned many secrets the Adam Schiff team tried to hide by playing testimony from Schiff’s own witnesses that proved none had any actual knowledge of impeachable offenses except inadmissible presumptions, beliefs, opinions and assumptions. They also questioned why Schiff refused to release the testimony of secret basement witness 18.
The Trump team destroyed Schiff’s arguments regarding the infamous phone call with testimony from several of his own witnesses proving the Ukrainians didn’t even know aid was withheld till a month after the call.
As for obstruction of justice, they obliterated that charge by noting that all of Schiff’s subpoenas were issued before the House voted him subpoena power and were therefore invalid.
All in all, The Commercial Review can be proud of an opinion page that gave a balanced presentation on the subject.
Stephen Erwin
Portland
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