{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1457", "Carter Statement on Impeachment of President Donald Trump", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "John R. Carter", "C001051", "carter.house.gov", "carter", "https://carter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Representative John Carter (TX-31) released the following statement after voting against both of the Democrats\u2019 articles of impeachment.\n\n\u201cIt is a fundamental ideal of our republic that every American receives justice under the law. As Members of Congress, we are required to uphold that ideal and as a former judge, I was tasked with the same responsibility. I find that this entire impeachment process has lacked impartiality, respect for the Constitution and justice. When I was on the bench, I instructed every jury the same way. I told them, \u201cwhat someone heard from another source other than what they directly observed is not evidence.\u201d The evidence presented by the House Majority in this case was hearsay. In fact, the most substantial direct evidence is the transcript of the President\u2019s telephone call, which did not prove an impeachable offense.\n\n\u201cWhile the Democrats try to rewrite their history, the truth is that the impeachment of President Trump began the day he was inaugurated. In fact, 17 of the 24 Democratic members on the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Trump well before the phone call with the Ukraine President even occurred. The last month of impeachment hearings have been political theatre designed to present hearsay and rumors as facts. Make no mistake, today\u2019s vote isn\u2019t about justice, or upholding the rule of law, this is politics.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://carter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1457"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9037628769874573, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}