It's a really big show tonight...
In a pillared House chamber at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, in the shadow of the 2020 presidential and congressional elections, House Democrats are set to host the first public hearing involving the potential impeachment of a president since November 19, 1998 -- and, they insist, they aren't happy about it.
"It’s a sad day," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, told Fox News on Tuesday. "A calm day. A prayerful day." For his part, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., called the hearings a "solemn undertaking" in a letter to colleagues.
Behind the scenes, House Democrats were predicting a "phenomenal week," Fox News is told. At the same time, Republicans have been preparing a methodical and vigorous cross-examination of Democrats' witnesses, whose accounts of President Trump's alleged wrongdoing have been based largely on hearsay and intuition.
Capitol Hill security officials told Fox News they're not anticipating the kinds of organized protests that rocked the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh last year, but sources on both sides of the aisle have cautioned that the day will be unpredictable. The proceedings are to be held in the cavernous House Ways and Means Committee hearing room at the Longworth House Office Building.
With the bang of a gavel, Schiff will open the impeachment hearings Wednesday into Trump's alleged pressure on Ukraine to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden's dealings in the country. The former vice president, a Democrat, has boasted about pressuring Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, as his son Hunter Biden held a lucrative role board of a Ukrainian natural gas company despite having little relevant expertise.
A whistleblower's complaint about Trump's July 25 telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignited the impeachment investigation. During the hearing Wednesday, a key exchange during that 30-minute call, which has been outlined in a Sept. 24 transcript released by the White House, could take center stage. Zelensky has said he felt no pressure during the call.
"I would like you to do us a favor though," Trump said at one point in the call, after a mention of U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine apparently was not aware that the U.S. was withholding new military aid until August, approximately two weeks before the U.S. ultimately released the aid and well after Trump's phone call with Zelensky.
LOL! Ratcliffe interrupted Schiff’s request for no interruptions.
I can listen to obama speaking longer than I can listen to Schiff, mere seconds.
Do succulents bloom in the winter? Sorry, I’m researching gardening issues for a friend. :>{)
Blah, blah, and frickin BLAH!
When do they call President Trump?
I am watching. Don’t want to. Going to be yelling at the screen at those DemonSwampRats.
At least I can imagine real hard of EvilBugGuy’s head exploading. Maybe it will.
Schiff is boring his audience away.
I will not watch one second of the Democrat, Adam Schiff Trump Impeachment “Inquiry Farce/Fake News” today, or any other day, until such time that Low life, America Hater, Adam Schiff allows fairness...across the board to all Democrats, Republicans, the American people and the POTUS, Donald J. Trump himself.
IMHO....it is a simple choice, not to watch TV, as both Democrat, House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi & Democrat, Congressman, Adam Schiff....”traitors & turncoats” to their nation, that they are from head to toe...period!!!
Normally, I never urge anyone, even myself, to boycott a congressional hearing, bu this “Three Ring Circus”, courtesy of the entire Democrat Party and all their seriously flawed, buffoon, useless, 2020 POTUS candidates.
IMHO, Democrat, Adam Schiff, who is a Jew that is acting more like a Despot, Dictator, Tyrant, similar to Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini or Joseph Stalin.
With these words...I sincerely urge and suggest to all loyal, decent, patriotic Americans citizens of all stripes not to tune in and watch this destruction of the American Republic Nation. Our founders of this great nation are turniong over in their graves!!!
Does anyone really want to hear Schiff for 45 minutes? A root canal takes less time and is less painful.
Except they're praying to Satan, or themselves....to remove Trump.
Nunes is talking too slowly.
P.S.
Prayers up for President Trump.
Sweet Lord, Let no weapon formed against President Trump prosper.
Expose for all to see the plotter’s true evil nature and schemes. May the people rise against this theater of injustice.
May those evilswampmonsters, especially bugeyesnakeguy, fall on their own swords.
In Jesus name, Amen.
Nunes should have called Ciaramella the “so-called whistleblower”
The way is been looking with Horowitz's IG report, it will won't be released to the public anytime soon, even though that's been the prediction since April of this year.
Any day now. Any week now. Any month now. Any year now.
Oopsie! It will be released when it's sting is already taken out of it.
I mean whoever heard of an Inspector General's report in any field where the accused get to review and even edit the facts of their own wrongdoing?
This is nonsense.
Nunes laid down some good sound bites.
Nunes did a GREAT job with his opening statement.
Even Schiff introductions are boring. Using monotonous voice that I am unfamiliar him having in past.
Republicans using point of order to show the process is a sham.
Putting George Kent on mute!