Republicans’ star witness ABANDONS them as hearing goes down IN FLAMES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMtJVgH8YSs

Democrats use Trump’s allies in their case against the president - The Washington Post

Rep. Jerrold Nadler used rhetoric from a key political ally of Trump's, a member of the president's cabinet and a member of Trump's legal team......
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/23/democrats-use-trumps-allies-their-case-against-president/

Who is Jonathan Turley, Anyway? (Opening Arguments podcast OA339)

Today’s episode is a timely impeachment-themed deep dive into the testimony of George Washington University law professor — and legitimate legal scholar — Jonathan Turley before the House Judiciary Committee. How should you evaluate his arguments? We walk you through them, of course!

We begin, however, with a new segment: the Wingnut Lightning Round(TM), in which we evaluate — or rather, make fun of — two preposterous new lawsuits filed this week by two complete idiots.

After that, it’s time for an #AndrewWasWrong about Ronald Burris, the interim Senator nominated by Rod Blagojevich to fill Barack Obama’s unexpired Senate seat. Find out the twists and turns to this rather fascinating story as a side bonus to Andrew’s well-deserved comeuppance.

Then, it’s time for the main segment: the news that the House is going to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump despite the testimony of Jonathan Turley. How do the lone Republican-called witness’s arguments stack up? (Hint: they’re not good.) Surely the Republicans wouldn’t have called someone who’s on the record saying the exact opposite of what he’s presently saying 20 years ago, right? (Guess.)

After all that, it’s time for a fiendishly hard #T3BE about a trial, a videotape, and a jogging plaintiff. You won’t want to miss it — and you’ll want to play along!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa339-who-is-jonathan-turley-anyway/

Why even the GOP’s expert witness undermines Trump’s defenses – Raw Story

In the first day of expert witness testimony in the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment proceedings, George Washington University Law School constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley sat as the sole witness called by the Republicans. While claiming not to be a supporter of Donald Trump, he seemed to be giving the GOP what it wanted — a credentialed and experienced expert on impeachment who cast doubt on the Democrats’ case against the president. It didn’t seem to matter much to Turley or the Republicans that many of his arguments against impeaching Trump now seemed in tension with previous arguments he’s made — including in the impeachment of Bill Clinton.....

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/why-even-the-gops-expert-witness-undermines-trumps-defenses/