Congresswoman Val Demings was in her home district on Friday to attend a Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative luncheon.
After the event, she addressed the media about the upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate.
.@RepValDemings talking about her role as an #Impeachment manager in the upcoming Senate trial. I'll have her comments later this afternoon @news965wdbo and on Orlando's Evening News with @TMarinoWDBO @KRafuseWDBO and @kscalesWDBO pic.twitter.com/KSXXJQKYSR
— Darrell Moody (@DMoodyWDBO) January 17, 2020
Demings is one of seven Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives who have been selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Impeachment Managers.
Six of the seven managers have legal experience. Demings is not one of them, but she does have close to three decades worth of experience in law enforcement.
“I have interrogated a few people before. I’ve interviewed witnesses. I’ve interviewed victims and I’ve interviewed a whole lot of bad guys,” said Demings.
Before running for public office, Demings was Orlando’s chief of police from 2007 to 2011.
“I think my investigative experience as a detective, as a detective sergeant, as an internal affairs investigator, you know when we talk about investigating our own, I’ve done that. And that’s really what we’re doing now. This is about wrongdoing of a person who has been given tremendous responsibility,” said Demings.
All seven Democrat Impeachment Managers will meet Sunday in Washington D.C. with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss what role each manager will play.
The Senate impeachment trial starts Tuesday.
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