Showing posts with label impeachment hearing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impeachment hearing. Show all posts

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Florida Democrat wears Putin mask to impeachment hearing | The Hill

Moskowitz told media outside the hearing that he was there to thank Chair Jim Comer (R-Ky.) "for taking all of our intelligence and using it in the committee," he said, acting as Putin. "Maybe he can come see the technology in our grocery stores," Moskowitz continued, a jab at conservative media host Tucker Carlson, who garnered criticism for his glowing video about Moscow's grocery stores...

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Republicans throw tantrum over criticism of Trump ... during impeachment hearing

Monday’s impeachment hearing opened with Barry Berke, the counsel for the Judiciary Committee Democrats, laying out the case for impeachment of Donald Trump over his efforts to extort Ukraine into election interference. At the end of Berke’s testimony, which was—it cannot be emphasized enough—a description of Donald Trump’s impeachable offenses, Republicans staged a giant hissy fit over Berke having criticized Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/12/9/1904463/-Republicans-throw-tantrum-over-criticism-of-Trump-during-impeachment-hearing

Saturday, December 7, 2019

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.....

Monday, December 2, 2019

Panic at the Pentagon (Pod Save the World podcast)

First, Tommy talks with former DOD official and national security expert Kelly Magsamen about Trump’s meddling in the military justice system and the subsequent firing of the Secretary of the Navy. They also discuss the impeachment hearings, whether former National Security Advisor John Bolton should testify, Hong Kong’s democracy-affirming elections, why Trump is extorting Japan for money and the latest on the US military mission in Syria. Then Tablet Magazine’s Yair Rosenberg joins to discuss the corruption charges against Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu and what it means for his political future.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Whistleblower's lawyer calls out 'lying' Republican in Trump impeachment hearing: 'You ignore the facts' | The Independent

One of the lawyers for the whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment process against Donald Trump has accused a leading Republican politician of lying during a hearing. Andrew P Bakaj took exception to claims by GOP congressman Jim Jordan, one of the president's most loyal allies, for claiming the anonymous official had had inappropriate communications with Democrats.....
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-whistleblower-jim-jordan-ukraine-hearing-lawyer-a9209691.html








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