Text of Greg Craig's Remarks Following Completion of House Managers' Presentation
January 16, 1999
Gregory Craig is Special Counsel to the President:
The thirteen House Republican prosecutors have the
Constitutional burden to prove their case that the President of the
United States should be removed from office. After three uninterrupted
days of presenting their case, they have failed to meet that burden.
Nothing: nothing in any of the presentations, nothing in the
five-volume, 60,000-page record, nothing, in the testimony of at least
100 witnesses has proved their case. The House Republicans'
case ends as it began: an unsubstantiated, circumstantial case that
does not meet the Constitutional standard to remove the President from
office. That standard is clear: unlike federal judges, who are
appointed for life and who serve during "good behavior," our
President is elected by all the people, and should only be removed for
the most grave offenses against the Constitution.
The simple truth is that the House Republican prosecutors failed to
demonstrate that the will and interest of the American people would be
served by nullifying the results of a national election.
Next week, on behalf of the President, we will present a strong,
vigorous defense, based on the facts, the law and the
Constitution...and we look forward to the day when all of us can
return to the important business of the American people.
Thank you.
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