[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 117 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MR. TRUMP SHOULD TESTIFY
(Mr. SHERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Robert Mueller is conducting a criminal
investigation. Mr. Trump's attorney doesn't want him to testify.
Rudy Giuliani has taken three outrageous positions: He has claimed
that Mr. Trump doesn't have to testify if he doesn't think the
prosecutor has a good basis for the investigation; that Mr. Trump
doesn't have to testify if he doesn't think the prosecutor is being
objective; and that Mr. Trump doesn't have to testify if the prosecutor
doesn't already have sufficient evidence of a crime.
On this poster is a picture of Mr. Al Capone. He was forced to
testify before a grand jury. Mr. Capone didn't think that there was a
basis for that investigation, and Mr. Capone didn't think that the
prosecutor was objective. But he testified under oath, as did President
Bill Clinton, because no one is above the law. No one is immune from a
subpoena, not Mr. Al Capone, not Mr. Donald Trump.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Tenney). Members are reminded to refrain
from engaging in personalities toward the President.
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