House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is giving members of his committee just 24 hours to read and sign off on his report recommending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
As Breitbart News reported Friday, House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler has previewed the report, and suggested it will include claims of “collusion” with Russia — as well as Ukraine, Russia’s enemy.
And as reported Saturday, Schiff will provide the full report to committee members on Monday, who must sign off on Tuesday in time for the first hearing in Nadler’s committee on Wednesday, which will discuss the supposed constitutional and legal basis for impeachment.
It is a foregone conclusion that Democrats will sign off on Schiff’s report. Evidence does not seem to be the top priority for Democrats: a majority favored an impeachment inquiry by August 1, eleven days before the so-called “whistleblower” sent a letter to Schiff complaining about Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Spanberger isn’t focused on Mamdani as she campaigns for Virginia governor’s race
Cuomo staying in NYC mayor’s race for now, following stunning setback to Mamdani in primary: Sources
Gun control advocate and former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy dead at 81
Bryan Kohberger’s alternate suspect theory slapped down by Idaho judge
Trump spotlights parents who have lost kids due to open borders during ‘big, beautiful bill’ event
Trump wins over lifelong Democrat autoworker with ‘big, beautiful bill’ vehicle loan tax benefit
EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin takes action after massive fraud uncovered at agency Dems tried to protect from DOGE
Trump tax bill vote risks sliding into weekend as Thune battles Senate holdouts
Real Estate Agents Say Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Win Is Already Having a ‘Shocking’ Impact
Critics blast Gavin Newsom and claim he is blaming Trump to cover up overspending
Dem Governor Is Drunk with Veto Power, Government Shutdown Imminent
They’re Already in Lockstep: Hollywood Establishment Flocks to Back ‘Communist Lunatic’ Mamdani
Ex-camp counselor arrested after allegedly threatening violent revenge on Christian camp over firing
Abrego Garcia could be deported ‘this weekend,’ lawyers say
Pete Hegseth Calls Out Fox News Reporter to Her Face: ‘You’ve Been About the Worst’
However, as the Washington Examiner‘s Byron York has noted, Democrats are in such a rush that they are leaving potential facts out of their examination. For example, they could wage a court battle to force former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify.
Bolton reportedly disapproved of the role played by U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani in relations with Ukraine. He could be a key witness. However, Democrats did not want to wait to hear what he had to say.
As York noted recently in a column titled “Why the rush toward impeachment?”, Democrats “are racing to get the job done by Christmas. They’re not even trying to hear from some key witnesses, like former national security adviser John Bolton, because they don’t want to take the time to go to court over it.”
York notes that Democrats are fearful of letting impeachment drag into the 2020 presidential primary, when it will pull several U.S. Senators off the campaign trail. And they are also worried about the fact that public support for impeachment is stagnant at best, and slipping at worst, after lackluster public hearings last month.
But the rush has been a feature from the very beginning. On the day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry, the president had already announced that he had declassified the transcript (or “readout”) of the phone call with Zelensky, and that it would be published the next day.
Spanberger isn’t focused on Mamdani as she campaigns for Virginia governor’s race
Cuomo staying in NYC mayor’s race for now, following stunning setback to Mamdani in primary: Sources
Gun control advocate and former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy dead at 81
Bryan Kohberger’s alternate suspect theory slapped down by Idaho judge
Trump spotlights parents who have lost kids due to open borders during ‘big, beautiful bill’ event
Trump wins over lifelong Democrat autoworker with ‘big, beautiful bill’ vehicle loan tax benefit
EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin takes action after massive fraud uncovered at agency Dems tried to protect from DOGE
Trump tax bill vote risks sliding into weekend as Thune battles Senate holdouts
Real Estate Agents Say Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Win Is Already Having a ‘Shocking’ Impact
Critics blast Gavin Newsom and claim he is blaming Trump to cover up overspending
Dem Governor Is Drunk with Veto Power, Government Shutdown Imminent
They’re Already in Lockstep: Hollywood Establishment Flocks to Back ‘Communist Lunatic’ Mamdani
Ex-camp counselor arrested after allegedly threatening violent revenge on Christian camp over firing
Abrego Garcia could be deported ‘this weekend,’ lawyers say
Pete Hegseth Calls Out Fox News Reporter to Her Face: ‘You’ve Been About the Worst’
Pelosi did not want to wait for the evidence: her decision was driven by political factors.
Likewise, the Intelligence Committee has rushed its proceedings before all of the evidence was available to most members of Congress, or the public. It often published lengthy transcripts of closed-door depositions on the eve of public hearings, and only released the most exculpatory transcript after public hearings were over.
Nadler has given Trump until Friday to respond to a request to participate, either directly or through his counsel, in the Judiciary Committee’s impeachment proceedings.
Story cited here.