Good morning and welcome to the Wall Street Journal’s live coverage of the first impeachment hearing before the House Intelligence Committee. After several weeks of taking depositions behind closed doors, the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry into President Trump moves into full view of the public.
For House Democrats, this is their best opportunity to make the case that Mr. Trump has committed impeachable offenses and deserves to be removed from office. For Mr. Trump’s allies, the hearings will be an opportunity to challenge some of the key witnesses in the inquiry and to make their case that there are no grounds for impeachment.
Today’s hearing will feature William Taylor and George Kent — two top State Department officials who worked on Ukraine issues during the period in which Mr. Trump is accused of trying to push the Ukranian government to take actions against a potential political rival. Mr. Taylor is the charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy in Ukraine — essentially the acting ambassador. Mr. Kent is the deputy assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs — a top State Department official whose portfolio involves Ukraine matters.
Both men gave lengthy depositions behind closed doors. The transcripts of both interviews have since been released.The impeachment hearings follow a format that is unusual for Congress: Staff attorneys are expected to ask the bulk of the questions. Each party gets 45-minute blocks for questioning by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and the top Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes, or their staff.
Thoughtful people can plan their day. You can watch the Democrats interview witnesses for 45 minutes, and then go do something else for 45 minutes while the Republicans go WHEEEE BL-BL-BL-BL $&(! BOING-G-G-G-G-G .....
Civil servants who disagree with the President’s foreign policy? No thanks. Not listening.
No thanks. I reserve Sat. mornings for cartoons.
More than that the nation will be able to see how unpatriotic the Republicans are in trying to maneuver their way around the reality that they serve a corrupt President who only has his best interest in mind and not the country's, how they badmouth the people who served is sad.
Day after day, more and more nothing, if you can't beat them with facts, baffle them with b...t! Politically and Ideologically possessed Hate filled commie dems will eat the BS up every time!
One sided. Corrupt government
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This is who and what to watch for, starting today with testimony from two State Department officials
Dictator Schiff jong-un and his fascist democrats haven’t even named a crime yet. Is it collusion or quid pro quo or extortion or bribery or ...?
Should Trump be Impeached and convicted? Vote:
And at the end of all this, the Congress will have their say. But the real end will come at the ballot box when the voters, the true power in this republic, have theirs. In reality, I reflect back to the wisdom of de Maistre because this is what it ultimately comes down to.
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This unelected hack has never met or even talked to Donald Trump
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