CNN, Fox News and MSNBC each covered Thursday morning’s House Judiciary markup hearing, which is likely headed to a full committee vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald…
Broadcast networks did not cover the proceedings, in which members debated the merits of the case for Trump’s removal from office. Lawmakers are offering amendments to the impeachment resolution, but much of the morning was spent in arguments over whether the president’s conduct toward Ukraine amounted to abuse of power. compared the impeachment proceedings to those of Bill Clinton in 1998, when he was impeached for misrepresenting his sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.
Rep. James Sensenbrenner , who, like Lofgren, was in Congress during the Clinton impeachment, said that was a clear case of lying under oath. But unlike Wednesday’s proceedings, the debate did delve more heavily into the specific facts of the case. “You can’t have a shakedown if the person who is allegedly being shaken down doesn’t even know it is a shakedown,” Gaetz said.
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