DeLauro Statement on Senate Impeachment Vote

WASHINGTON, DC – (February 5, 2020) Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after the Senate voted against removing President Donald J. Trump from office for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

"Nearly 232 years ago, our founders set up a system of checks and balances, separation of powers, and rule of law so that no person would be above the law—including the President of the United States. Today, without a single witness called, President Donald J. Trump succeeded in upending that system by breaking the law and getting away with it with the consent of the Senate. Sadly, the vast majority of my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate put their party above their oath to uphold the Constitution."

"President Trump's actions clearly met the high bar of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors.' On July 25, 2019, President Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and asked him to ‘look into' 2020 Presidential candidate Vice President Joe Biden and his son—an investigation solely for his own personal and political gain. In the weeks leading up to that call, the President withheld Congressionally-appropriated foreign aid to Ukraine as leverage. When faced a Congressional investigation, President Trump defied lawful subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives, thereby obstructing Congress. Those facts are indisputable, and they merited President Trump's impeachment and removal from office."