ANALYSIS: While the Republicans made up their minds, Pelosi had a Joker up her sleeve
From a position of not needing to call a single witness, Republicans are now suggesting Mr Trump needs to be given the opportunity to defend himself, although no-one believes the President would even consider actually taking the stand.Predicting what happens next in impeachment is almost impossible. But when it ends, it'll be in one of these five ways.
Emails from a White House budget official show the Pentagon was ordered to freeze military funding to Ukraine just 90 minutes after Mr Trump's"do us a favour" phone call to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The White House told the Pentagon to keep the information"closely held" due to the"sensitive nature" of the directive, yet another sign Trump's top aids knew the request was politically explosive.It seems the only thing that could convince Republican voters Mr Trump has done anything wrong is a secret tape of the President saying,"I am bribing you for my own personal gain".
Perhaps that's because their preferred media outlets aren't saying much about the actual evidence or the reason it's a problem for the US going forward if allowed to go unchecked.
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