Monday, November 25, 2019

What Is Next In The Impeachment Inquiry Of President Trump?



NPR: Schiff: Impeachment Report Now Being Written, But More Hearings Still Possible

After two weeks of public hearings, the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump is approaching its next stage: lawmakers are now writing a report that could lead to articles of impeachment.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., made the rounds on Sunday television programs outlining the case for impeachment without outright saying whether Trump will be the third president in United States history to be impeached.

"The evidence is already overwhelming," Schiff said on CNN's State of the Union. "The facts are really not contested. It's really not contested what the president did."

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Update: Schiff says more hearings, witnesses possible (AP)

WNU Editor: I still believe that the House will be voting along partisan lines on the impeachment of President Trump. But I do not think House Speaker Pelosi is going to get all Democrats on board, which I am sure is giving her pause. Polls are also not encouraging for those who favour impeachment (see below).

Poll: Opposition by independents to impeachment inquiry jumps 10 points (The Hill)
November National Poll: Support for Impeachment Declines (Emerson Polling)
Marquette Poll shows support for impeachment has slipped in Wisconsin as Trump leads 4 top Democratic rivals (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
OCTOBER 2019 Suburban white working class voters focus groups (House Majority Report)

Update: This is now the line I would use to make my case (i.e. the other guy would do it, so that means I can) .... Adam Schiff claims Republicans would vote to impeach Barack Obama 'with a fraction of the evidence'– and slams John Bolton for not having ‘courage’ to testify and instead putting his story ‘in a book’ (Daily Mail).

Update #2: We shall see .... Trump impeachment: Republicans dig in as hopes of bipartisan support dashed (The Guardian).

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