Stanford expert Pamela Karlan slams GOP Rep. Doug Collins, saying she's 'insulted' by his suggestion that she didn't read impeachment testimony
- Constitutional expert Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law, admonished Republican Rep. Doug Collins for suggesting that she hadn't read the transcripts of House impeachment inquiry testimony.
- Collins argued that Karlan was a biased, partisan witness and implied that she and other witnesses hadn't fully digested a 300-page report on impeachment released by House Democrats on Tuesday.
- "I'm insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don't care about those facts," Karlan said.
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Constitutional law expert Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law School, admonished Republican Rep. Doug Collins for suggesting she hadn't read the transcripts of witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry during her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, had argued that Karlan was a biased, partisan witness and implied that she and other witnesses hadn't fully digested a 300-page report on impeachment released by House Democrats on Tuesday.
"Mr. Collins I would like to say to you, sir, that I read transcripts of every one of the witnesses who appeared in the live hearing because I would not speak about these things without reviewing the facts," Karlan said. "I'm insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don't care about those facts."
Karlan argued that President Donald Trump "demanded" foreign interference in the 2020 election by pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, his political opponent.
"Everything I read on those occasions tells me that when President Trump invited, indeed demanded, foreign involvement in our upcoming election, he struck at the very heart of what makes this a republic to which we pledge allegiance," she testified.
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