Open Letter to Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz

Dec. 30, 2019

Dear Senators:

It’s time to stand up for America. It’s time to be a patriot. It’s time to do the job we elected you to do. It’s time to obey the oath you swore to the Constitution.

Only you and the other 98 members of the Senate can save this nation. It might well be the most perilous moment in our history. An amoral, and possibly insane, president has perverted our government. He has exhorted elements of our society to attend to their worst, most violent and self-interested instincts. Inept, and at times corrupt, elements of the media propelled him to power and continue false narratives to keep him there. Personal and corporate greed fueled his rise. They have installed all the elements needed for a totalitarian takeover of our democracy. Members of Congress including you, who value power of office and re-election above all else, have perverted our government. You have become a sycophant branch, parroting his every lie and minimizing his every traitorous act.

Some Senators, including you Sen. Cornyn, have said you don’t need to hear evidence from witnesses or see documents relevant to the articles of impeachment. We do. We deserve to know the full extent of what has been done in our name and with our treasure. Few Republican Senators have shown any indication they will obey the oath they must take to sit as jurors in the impeachment trial. Please do not perjure yourself. That betrays the Constitution and is a crime against the nation and our people.

There is time to save the United States of America. You have a chance to redeem yourself. New, incriminating facts come to light every day. Seize that as a reason to change your mind to allow a fair process in the president’s trial. Read Matthew 6:6 and do the right thing.

Your Constituent,

Kathy Williams

Leter to Rep. Michael McCaul on articles of impeachment 11.22.2019

Note: This is a letter to my Congressional representative sent 11.22.2019, and not a traditional blog post.

Dear Rep.Michael McCaul:

I have watched every minute of the U. S. House impeachment investigation hearings, some of it several times. I have taken notes and compared earlier testimony and later testimony, one witness in context with another. I have listened to opening and closing statements by Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Ranking Member Devin Nunes. I have listened carefully to each round of questioning. I considered all this information in the context of being equivalent to a grand jury investigation, not as a trial.

It is my fervent prayer that you have done the same. I believe that as ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and representative of a large and varied district in Texas, that was your duty. I see in your biography that you are a parent, and I assume you are as I am, a grandparent. Your duty to their future is at least as great as your duty to your current constituents. Your duty to both of those and to your oath to faithfully defend the Constitution is far, FAR greater than to any political party.

My conclusion, after such extensive due diligence, is that there is more than enough evidence to charge the president with at least three high crimes and misdemeanors: Bribery (in the Constitutional sense), abuse of power in attempting to corrupt our election process with foreign interference; and obstruction or contempt of Congress. There also may be more charges arising from the other committees and from Robert Mueller’s investigation that should be included in the Articles of Impeachment. As your constituent, I ask you to vote in favor of adopting these Articles of Impeachment and send them to the Senate for trial.

What played out before the nation over the last two weeks concerns me greatly. The nastiness and casual regard for the truth displayed, particularly by representatives Nunes and Jordan, and at times my former representative John Ratcliffe, horrified me. While issues of Joe and Hunter Biden and Burisma might be legitimate fodder for further investigation, they have absolutely NOTHING to do with the president’s guilt or innocence of the charges I have stated. And any such investigation should be performed by the U.S. justice system, not a foreign country. Please show the sophistication of thought I believe you as a lawyer are capable and separate these red herrings from the very real Constitutional issues currently before the U.S. House of Representatives.

Respectfully,

Kathy Williams