Former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker argued on Monday that the accusation of former President Trump “makes the standard of accusation” cheaper. “
Whitaker commented on ‘The Faulkner Focus’, adding that it also ‘distracts Congress from what they need to worry about, such as arresting the violent crime epidemic in our big cities, doing more for the COVID-19 challenges’ which we face. and also so many other things that the people of America want Congress to work for them. ‘
Whitaker made the statements a day before the Senate went to trial for the second time against Trump after the House voted last month to charge the former president.
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The House voted to charge Trump with a vote of 232 to 197 on the charge of inciting an uprising, with 10 Republicans joining all Democrats. It would take 17 Republicans to join all 50 Senate Democrats in convicting Trump of the article on the accusation, a outcome that is highly unlikely.
Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Argued on Fox News Sunday that Trump’s indictment “does not stop the rest of the Senate’s business,” contrary to Whitaker’s point. Murphy stressed on Sunday that “the Senate can run and chew gum at the same time.”
Host Harris Faulkner asked Whitaker about indictments and how long he expected the trial to last.
“The Democrats will quickly realize that this is a loser for them and that they want to finish just as fast as they want to start,” Whitaker replied.
He further said that ‘the house should have heard evidence’ and ‘should have taken witnesses’.
“Everything submitted to the Senate at the hearing had to … already be considered and form part of the report in the House,” Whitaker added. “It does not exist because it was an indictment, and therefore the Senate is going to decide quickly, probably tomorrow, whether they are going to take witnesses or not.”
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He further said that if the Senate decides that they will not use witnesses, “it will be a very short process.”
Fox News’ Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.