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Rep. Ben Cline calls Trump impeachment inquiry a 'sham' and 'tragedy'The Roanoke Times
Washington, DC,
December 5, 2019
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By Taj Simmons
At the first House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry hearing, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, denounced what he called the "sham impeachment of this president." Cline is the only Virginia representative on the committee, which spent Wednesday listening to constitutional scholars testifying whether or not President Donald Trump's conduct toward Ukraine rose to the level of impeachment. "This is act two of the three-part tragedy of the impeachment of Donald Trump," Cline said. Cline, who joined Congress this year, said he asked to be a member of the committee for its "storied history." He mentioned that his predecessor, Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Roanoke County, chaired the committee, and that Caldwell Butler, a Republican from Roanoke who served before Goodlatte, also served on the committee. |