TCC Chairman Peter Thomas has sent this letter to the editor to hundreds of newspapers.
Dear Editor:
The Constitution treats impeachment as a combination of judicial and political procedures. Unfortunately, the impeachment process up to this point has been heavily tilted toward partisan politics at the expense of justice.
If the investigation were being carried out by a grand jury, testimony would be kept secret. Those old enough to remember Watergate may recall that Woodward and Bernstein, when they attempted to penetrate grand jury secrecy, had to rely on the mercy of the court to escape being charged with a crime.
Today, the “secret” testimony before the House committee has been selectively (and quite possibly inaccurately) leaked to put the President in the worst possible light, while anything that might exonerate the President remains strictly confidential. It is obvious that the leaker’s purpose is to prejudice public opinion against the President in the hope that it can be formed into a firm impression of guilt that may resist change when all the evidence is available.
If and when the full transcript of these secret hearings is finally released, it will be the duty of the media, however much they hate the President, to point out all the exonerating statements that have been suppressed so far. Fairness demands that they not become accomplices in the plot to remove an innocent president for partisan and ideological reasons.
Sincerely,
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
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