Per the Associated Press (AP):
SEN. RAND PAUL: "Enshrined in the 6th Amendment is the right to confront your accuser." — tweet Tuesday.
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee: "We're not going to try the president of the United States based on hearsay. Every American has a right to confront their accuser." — interview on Sept. 29 on CBS' "Face the Nation."
THE FACTS: Graham and Paul are omitting key words from the start of the Sixth Amendment: "In all criminal prosecutions."
Trump is not facing an accuser in a criminal proceeding. The hearings are a political proceeding.
*Associated Press, 11/07/19
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