DPCC Co-Chair Cicilline: President Trump Is Failing To Protect Our Democracy
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David Cicilline, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee (DPCC) and a member of the Judiciary Committee, appeared on CNN Situation Room to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 Presidential election. While Republicans are consumed with chaos, crisis and confusion, House Democrats are fighting for the people and are focused on economic issues in order to improve the lives of all Americans. Below are excerpts from the interview and a link to the video.
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"People should not lose sight of this very basic fact. This is the president of the United States admitting that his son, his son-in-law and his campaign manager met with Russian operatives in the hopes of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton. This is illegal. It is illegal for a foreign national to contribute to an election or to make an in-kind contribution to an election. It's a violation of federal law.
"The president's statement that this is done all the time is false. It's done all the time in terms of opposition research by American citizens and by candidates who hire American companies to get opposition research. It is not at all acceptable to have a foreign adversary, an adversary of the United States, engaged in the collection of opposition research and sharing with the campaign. It's a violation of federal law. This is a serious admission by the president.
"When you add to that his misstatements or lying about the purpose of the meeting, why it happened, it raises some real -- very serious questions about his knowledge of this meeting. Then you add to it Michael Cohen's expected testimony that Mr. Trump, the president knew about this. This is a very, very disturbing set of events."