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Jake Tapper
stated on January 13, 2021 in remarks in a CNN broadcast:

The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021
Charles Schumer
stated on January 24, 2020 in a news conference:

"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 19, 2020 in a TV appearance:

Witnesses have been part of "every other impeachment trial the Senate has ever had."

By Eric Litke • January 21, 2020
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 in a TV interview:

"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."

By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview:

The impeachment inquiry hearings "going on behind closed doors over which Congressman Schiff is presiding—they are consistent with the rules" of the U.S. House of Representatives.

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2019