"Abbe David Lowell" is an American defense attorney who was Chief Minority Counsel to Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives during the impeachment of Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal.

Lowell graduated from Columbia University 1974, and Columbia Law School in 1977.

In 1982, Lowell ran unsuccessfully for the Maryland House of Delegates as a Democrat.

Lowell worked in the U.S. Department of Justice, including a stint as an assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law Center and Columbia University.

Lowell has defended political figures including John Edwards, Jim Wright, Dan Rostenkowski, Charles Keating, and Gary Condit former Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons (U.S. politician)/Jim Gibbons, U.S. Rep. Joseph McDade and lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Lowell was part of the defense of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, and has appeared in the media as a legal affairs expert.

He is currently a partner at the firm of Chadbourne & Parke.

Lowell is head of the Development Committee and a Trustee of The Shakespeare Theatre and is an active member of the Jewish Community, serving as Vice President and General Counsel of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington.

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The rode to dishonor in office can end in this committee, in this room, on this very day, ... What an impeachment is, of course, is the single device to remove from the office the chief executive who you decide is constitutionally disqualified to serve, and by doing so, overturn two national elections.

What he has to say about the intimate details of his relationship with anybody is between him and his family, and him and the people that console him.

The charges in the indictment announced today are entirely unjustified, We are disappointed that the government has decided to pursue these charges, which Mr. Weissman strongly denies.

Before this committee starts making the phrase, 'I don't recall, I don't remember, I'd have to think about it,' something that you would bring to the floor of the Senate, see what an unfair tactic that really is.

As to the decision, the verdict of the jury could not be more clear. The jury has said these men are not guilty on these counts.

Ms. Currie was not listed to be deposed and was not on the witness list in the Jones case ... Ms. Currie then, was not a witness who could have been tampered with.

It's not a good sign when what a prosecutor does, in the three days before his grand jury expires, is to create a Web site and announces the vehicle to announce something. I think people better be ready for charges, ... FOX News Sunday.

Lowering the bar creates a novel theory of impeachment, ... It would permanently weaken the presidency.

The road to dishonor can end here today.