得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹星期五告诉福克斯新闻，参议院以51票对49票反对在唐纳德·特朗普总统弹劾案中传唤更多证人，这表明该进程已经“结束”
周五参议院投票几小时后，克鲁兹在与肖恩·哈尼蒂的谈话中赞扬了他在哈佛法学院的前任教授艾伦·德肖维茨，他有效地为特朗普辩护，称所提交的证据不符合弹劾的宪法标准。克鲁兹说，众议院已经传唤了18名证人，但未能证明他们的案件，指责民主党只是试图拖延审判。这位参议员辩称，即使特朗普确实参与了一场补偿物对乌克兰来说，“没关系”，因为总统有权调查腐败。
克鲁兹周五晚上在福克斯新闻上说:“过去的24小时至关重要，无论如何，弹劾程序已经结束。”。
“四名共和党人站在了边缘，今天，他们以51%的多数说，‘我们完了，我们受够了，一切都结束了。’这意味着我们将直接前往周三下午，对最终判决进行投票，总统将被无罪释放这些指控。
汉尼蒂滔滔不绝地讲述参议院投票的消息，并告诉克鲁兹，“我为你的同事鼓掌”，然后问他为什么要“等到星期三”特朗普才有可能被无罪释放。
克鲁兹在周五投票前两周出现在汉尼蒂的节目中抢先声明“南希·佩洛西的弹劾马戏团结束了。”
这位参议员多次重申，弹劾需要“严重的、严重的罪行”，达到叛国罪或其他重罪的程度——他说众议院甚至没有试图证明这一点。他说众议院指控补偿物军事援助是一种“旁敲侧击”，根据法律，指控“无关紧要”。
“即使有一个补偿物，你对此有争议的证词。克鲁兹提到亨特和乔·拜登时说:“这没关系，因为总统有权调查腐败，而且有足够多的证据表明布里斯马和拜登夫妇存在潜在腐败，总统可以要求进行调查。”。
“我们今天投票决定不延长审判，不增加更多证人，我们已经有18名证人在众议院作证。克鲁兹继续说:“我们已经看到了数千页的文件，这些文件是众议院管理人员和总统辩护律师关注的，在所有这些文件中，众议院管理人员从来没有证明他们的案件。”他说民主党人正在进行一次“钓鱼探险”，寻找特朗普政府中任何做错事的人。
克鲁兹说:“这不仅仅是投票决定你是否喜欢总统，或者你是否同意总统，或者你的政治立场是否相同。”。“这是关于是否符合宪法标准的投票，宪法说...弹劾的唯一理由是叛国、贿赂或其他重罪和轻罪。”
汉尼蒂将众议院司法委员会主席杰里·纳德勒称为“先天性说谎者”，然后再次祝贺得克萨斯州共和党参议员简化了特朗普的无罪审判。
“参议员，你做得很好，你教育了公众。汉尼蒂总结道:“基本上，感谢你的职责——有些人需要了解宪法中的内容。”。
得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹星期五告诉福克斯新闻，参议院以51票对49票反对在唐纳德·特朗普总统弹劾案中传唤更多证人，这表明该进程已经“结束”
TED CRUZ SAYS 'IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IS OVER,' TRUMP WILL BE ACQUITTED WEDNESDAY: 'WE'VE HAD ENOUGH'
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz told Fox News Friday that the Senate's 51-49 vote against calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial makes it clear the process is "over."
Speaking with Sean Hannity just hours after Friday's Senate vote, Cruz praised his former professor at Harvard Law School, Alan Dershowitz, for effectively arguing in Trump's defense that the evidence presented did not meet the constitutional standard for impeachment. Cruz said the House already called 18 witnesses and failed to prove their case, accusing Democrats of simply trying to drag out the trial. The senator argued that even if Trump did engage in a quid pro quo with Ukraine, "it doesn't matter" because the president has the authority to investigate corruption.
"The last 24 hours were pivotal, for all intents and purposes this impeachment process is over," Cruz said Friday night on Fox News.
"Four Republicans were right on the edge and today, holding 51 of the majority to say, 'We're done, we've had enough, this is over.' That means we're headed straight to Wednesday afternoon, a vote on the final judgment and the president is going to be acquitted of these charges as he should be," Cruz continued.
Hannity gushed over news of the Senate vote and told Cruz, "I applaud your colleagues," before asking why he has to "wait until Wednesday" for Trump to likely be acquitted.
Cruz appeared on Hannity's program two weeks prior to Friday's vote and preemptively declared that "Nancy Pelosi's impeachment circus is done."
The senator reiterated several times that impeachment requires a "grave, serious crime" that rises to the level of treason or other high crimes -- which he said the House didn't even attempt to prove. He said the House used accusations of a quid pro quo over military aid as a "side diversion," and that the charge "didn't matter" under the law anyway.
"Even if there were a quid pro quo, you've got disputed testimony on that. It doesn't matter because the president has the authority to investigate corruption, and there was more than sufficient evidence of potential corruption with Burisma and the Bidens for the president to ask for an investigation," Cruz said, referencing Hunter and Joe Biden.
"The vote we had today not to extend the trial not to have more additional witnesses, we already had 18 witnesses testify in the House. We've seen thousands of pages of documents that the House managers, and the president's defense lawyers have focused on, and throughout all of it, the House managers never proved their case," Cruz continued, saying Democrats were on a "fishing expedition" to find anyone who did wrongdoing in the Trump administration.
"This is not just a vote on whether you like the president or not, or whether you agree with the president or not, or whether your politics are the same," Cruz said. "This is a vote on whether the constitutional standard is met, and the Constitution says...that the only grounds for impeachment are treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
Hannity labeled House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler a "congenital liar," before again congratulating the Texas GOP senator for streamlining Trump's trial toward acquittal.
"Senator you did great work, you educated the public. Thank you for your duty, basically -- some people need to learn what is in the Constitution," Hannity concluded.
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz told Fox News Friday that the Senate's 51-49 vote against calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial makes it clear the process is "over."
