WASHINGTON - Impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival will reach a critical stage next week when a Democratic-led congressional committee holds its first public hearings on the issue.
They will testify on Nov. 13 and 15, said Adam Schiff, the committee’s Democratic chairman who wrote on Twitter that there was “More to come.” The diplomats and others have already testified to lawmakers from both parties behind closed doors. Democrats had said they had enough material to move forward with public impeachment hearings, which would be a likely prelude to articles of impeachment - formal charges - against Trump being brought to a vote in the House.
Taylor said he was told by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. envoy to the European Union, that Trump had linked release of the aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy publicly declaring that he would investigate Biden, and his son Hunter Biden, as well as a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 election.
“What I didn’t want to do is have United States assistance to Ukraine blocked or suspended for no good reason that I could see,” Taylor said, according to a transcript of his testimony to lawmakers that was released on Wednesday. If the Democratic-controlled House votes to impeach Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate would then hold a trial on whether to remove Trump from office.Trump has blasted the House inquiry as a witch hunt and accused Democrats of unfairly targeting him in hope of reversing his surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election. In a tweet on Wednesday, Trump called the probe a “phony scam.
Disgusting frame job. I can read the call, if that was strong arming, Trump needs to take lessons from Obama. Impeach Obama first, then we can talk about Trump.
The only witnesses that will be called are Jovonovitch and Vindman. Taylor and all the rest are a waste of demms time
Are they holding people accountable for their sidesteps and vagueness as perjury? Will the Sargeant at Arm's be there ready to hold them in contempt? What will this look like all your other hearings and public showings where questions are asked and not answered? No faith.
There's something wrong with Adam Schiff. I can't quite put my finger on it. But it's there.
Clown show.
Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. Eric Ciaramella. When is the coup plotter going to testify ?
He's the sham
He's got the vapors!
So... he had read the transcripts... and he has made up his own mind about Trump’s abilities and it is not very flattering.
They’ll be even more disastrous for the ‘rats than this weeks.
He is trumps puppet. He should be sitting on a table with trump talking for him...wait he already is .
You were willing to impeach over a blowjob and spousal infidelity, but extortion using hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded security aid and solicitation of campaign assistance from foreign powers is not enough for you? Hypocrite! LindseyGrahamSC
Why is he choosing to go down with the ship? LeningradLindey Kompromat
Got hair transplant from Trump.
His face reminds me of a man with some serious skeletons in his CLOSET, and Trump’s team has found it
Dereliction of duty. Linda needs to go down too!
Only the guilty have something to hide
LindseyGrahamSC should recuse himself then from a Senate trial
Deeply afraid of....
This guy is something else.
You LindseyGrahamSC are a sham.
KremlinLindsey
Just switch sides and make a deal to reduce your own sentence! Tell them what you know to take him down!
'Your honor, based on the potential juror's admitted bias, I move that he be removed from the jury pool for cause and excused from further participation in this trial.'
Oh what a fucking shocker
constitutional immunity is a sham but the GOP claims they and Trump got it
His organization wrote the law! Under the WPA, certain federal employees may not take or fail to take, or threaten to take or fail to take; any personnel action against an employee or applicant for employment because of the employee or applicant’s protected whistleblowing.
lindseysham
Depose EricCiaramella Depose AdamSchiff Depose HunterBiden
The entire Republican party is a sham. They are a virus that is killing this country.
Lindsey Graham needs to get laid or rub one out. He ain't thinking straight.
“I don’t like the facts so i’m gonna stomp my heels and take the ball home.”
the shame is speaking
It's okay, Lindsey-boy, you don't lend legitimacy to anything.
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