The Republican response to impeachment appears focused on a three-pronged strategy: discredit the whistle-blower, cast doubt on the most explosive elements of Trump’s call, and slow down the Democrats’ process in the House.
WASHINGTON — There are plenty of signs that the Trump administration has been caught off guard by the explosive events of this week. The president’s lawyer trading barbs on Thursday with fellow Republicans over who was to blame for Trump’s Ukraine predicament, and the president himself talking in wild and ominous tones of “spies” inside his own government, are the clearest signs that the Republicans don’t yet have a coherent strategy.
“His information is questionable. He says ‘I was not a direct witness...’ and additionally states over 20 times ‘I was told’, ‘I am concerned’, ‘I learned’, and not once did he say ‘I know,’” Giuliani tweeted. “The president did not ask [Zelensky] to investigate Joe Biden. What he asked the president of the Ukraine to do is to participate in an open — from the AG — investigation of what transpired in 2016,” McCarthy said.
“That is lawful, for us to look to another government to actually participate in an open investigation of what happened in 2016, because we want to make sure that never happens again,” McCarthy said. “The Constitution does not demand any procedural requirements on the House regarding impeachment—including any requirement of adopting a formal resolution. No votes are needed at this time,” a House Democratic leadership aide told Yahoo News.
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