Also on Friday, the committee reviewed a draft article of impeachment alleging that "contrary to his oath to support the Constitution of the State of Connecticut," the governor "has, knowingly and willfully, impeded and hindered the investigation".
Here was a man who committed a grave offense not just against his fellow soldiers, but also violated of his solemn oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and resultantly, all citizens of our nation.
According to the Norman writer William of Jumièges, William had meanwhile sent an embassy to King Harold Godwinson to remind Harold of his oath to support William's claim, although whether this embassy actually occurred is unclear.
"The problem is that all of these people have taken an oath to support the constitutions of the United States and Arizona.
Forty-six yeago ago, I stood up with other graduates of the Reserve Officers Training Corps and took an oath "to support and defend the Constitution of the United States".
Applicants must also take an oath to support the principles of the United States Constitution.
To do so would be to fail the people we represent and to fall woefully short of our sworn oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Had I or one of the scores of other officials who had the same high-level information acted then on our oath of office – which was not an oath to obey the president, nor to keep the secret that he was violating his own sworn obligations, but solely an oath "to support and defend the constitution of the United States" – that terrible war might well have been averted altogether.
"This will bring about a major fight among those of us who have given our oath to support and defend the Constitution and mean it and those who simply gave their oath," King said.
Members of Congress, remember, including all members of the Senate, take a constitutionally-mandated oath to "support" the Constitution.
