白宮聲明：這是我們國家歷史上最可恥的政治事件之一
據報道，國會眾院12月18日（周三）晚間先後投票表決通過了對川普的濫用權力和妨礙國會兩項彈劾條款。
這一歷史性的投票結果意味著川普成為美國歷史上第三位正式遭到彈劾的總統。
川普被彈劾後，白宮發表聲明稱，這是「我們國家歷史上最可恥的政治事件之一」。
以下是聲明原文。
眾院投票通過了對川普的兩項彈劾條款。
白宮發言人聲明
今天標誌著眾議院在我們國家歷史上最可恥的政治事件之一中達到頂峰。在沒有得到任何共和黨人投票，也沒有提供任何不當行為證據的情況下，民主黨人推動眾議院通過了針對總統的非法彈劾條款。儘管總統絕對沒有做錯任何事，但民主黨人選擇了在黨派基礎上繼續推進。事實上，數周的聽證會已經證明他沒有做錯任何事。
在眾議院民主黨人的整個虛假彈劾過程中，總統被剝奪了基本的公平和法律規定的正當程序。眾議院公然無視先例，閉門秘密進行調查，讓情報委員會主席亞當·希夫(Adam Schiff)和他的黨派政治密友可以選擇性地向媒體夥伴泄露信息，以推動虛假陳述。
當公開聽證在主席希夫委員會之前舉行時，民主黨人繼續玩弄他們的遊戲，並拒絕總統盤問證人或提出證人或證據的能力。司法委員會的訴訟程序完全沒有事實證人，只包括一個有偏見的法律研討會和一名工作人員重新整理由希夫主席操縱的程序產生的有偏見的報告。
這種違反憲法的歪曲導致了兩項毫無根據的彈劾條款，缺乏任何證據支持，甚至沒有描述任何可彈劾的罪行。
所有這些滑稽的舉動清楚地表明，民主黨忽視了這個國家需要的是一個為人民服務的國會。他們對川普總統的無限敵意，助長了他們想要宣布2016年大選結果無效、並不正當地影響2020年大選的願望。
美國人民不會被這種可恥的行為所愚弄。他們懂得公平、正當程序和大量可靠的證據是任何美國人被指控違法之前都必須具備的——當然在彈劾一個正式選舉產生的總統之前也是如此。
總統相信參議院將恢復正常秩序、公平和正當程序，而這一切在眾議院的程序中都被忽略了。他對下一步的行動已做好了準備，並相信自己會被徹底洗脫罪名。川普總統將一如既往地不懈努力，解決美國人民的需求和優先事項。
Statement from the Press Secretary
Issued on: December 18, 2019
Today marks the culmination in the House of one of the most shameful political episodes in the history of our Nation. Without receiving a single Republican vote, and without providing any proof of wrongdoing, Democrats pushed illegitimate articles of impeachment against the President through the House of Representatives.
Democrats have chosen to proceed on this partisan basis in spite of the fact that the President did absolutely nothing wrong. Indeed, weeks of hearings have proved that he did nothing wrong.
Throughout the House Democrats』 entire sham impeachment, the President was denied fundamental fairness and due process under the law. The House blatantly ignored precedent and conducted the inquiry in secrecy behind closed doors so that Chairman Adam Schiff and his partisan political cronies could selectively leak information to their partners in the media to push a false narrative.
When public hearings were held before Chairman Schiff』s committee, Democrats continued their games and denied the President the ability to cross-examine witnesses or present witnesses or evidence.
The proceedings in the Judiciary Committee included no fact witnesses at all and consisted solely of a biased law seminar and a staffer rehashing the slanted report that was produced by Chairman Schiff』s rigged proceeding. This unconstitutional travesty resulted in two baseless articles of impeachment that lack any support in evidence and fail even to describe any impeachable offense.
All of these antics make clear that Democrats have lost sight of what this country needs, which is a Congress that works for the people. Their boundless animus for President Trump fuels their desire to nullify the 2016 election results, and improperly influence the 2020 election.
The American people are not fooled by this disgraceful behavior. They understand fairness, due process, and substantial, reliable evidence are required before any American should be charged with wrongdoing—and certainly before impeaching a duly elected President.
The President is confident the Senate will restore regular order, fairness, and due process, all of which were ignored in the House proceedings. He is prepared for the next steps and confident that he will be fully exonerated. President Trump will continue to work tirelessly to address the needs and priorities of the American people, as he has since the day he took office.
