Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Resolution to Set Record Straight on Democrats’ Sham Trump Impeachment

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Sen. Rick Scott filed a resolution on Democrat's sham 2019 impeachment attempt against President Donald Trump based on new evidence released last week by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Senator Rick Scott said, "The ODNI declassified report released by Director Gabbard confirmed what most Americans already knew: the President's impeachment in 2019 was a total sham based on false and illegitimate statements and a complete abuse of government power. That's why I introduced my resolution calling for justice and accountability. If there is wrongdoing found in this investigation, I want these people prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I absolutely condemn the people responsible for this partisan attack on the President and commend Director Gabbard for her transparency so the American people can see the truth."

The resolution described how the documents released by DNI Gabbard showed how both President Trump and Congress were kept in the dark about evidence that the supposed-whistleblower misled investigators in his first report, only citing secondhand evidence to back up his allegations.

The resolution also shows how the whistleblower "admitted to misleading investigators about prior contacts with Democratic staff of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and requested that the complaint be hidden from Republican members of the committee." It demonstrates how the deep state worked to cover up the whistleblower's deep political biases against President Trump, as noted in the DNI disclosures.

The resolution concludes that, "these concealed biases, procedural irregularities, and reliance on unsubstantiated claims formed the very basis of the 2019 impeachment process," and affirms that the Senate:

(1) condemns the concealment of material bias information and the use of a flawed complaint to initiate impeachment proceedings against a sitting President;

(2) calls upon the Department of Justice to promptly initiate a thorough, independent investigation into the handling of the 2019 Ukraine whistleblower complaint, including potential violations related to false statements, improper redactions, abuse of the whistleblower process, and coordination with congressional staff;

(3) urges the Attorney General to pursue appropriate criminal prosecutions to the extent warranted by the evidence, consistent with the rule of law and without regard to political affiliation, to restore public confidence in the integrity of the intelligence community and congressional oversight;

(4) declares that the 2019 impeachment of President Donald J. Trump by the House of Representatives, which was predicated on a concealed and deficient complaint, lacks legitimacy and the facts and circumstances upon which Articles of Impeachment were based neither met the burden of proving that President Trump committed "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" nor established that President Trump engaged in "insurrection of rebellion against the United State"; and

(5) commends Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard for her transparency and accountability in declassifying these materials and sharing the truth with the American people.

Full text of the resolution can be found here.

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