impeachment inquiry

House Republicans, in their ever-increasing efforts to disrupt congressional impeachment proceedings, have thrown one more curveball into the mix. They now want to have the whistleblower, an intelligence community official who has asked for anonymity, and Hunter Biden, the son of the Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, to their list of witnesses to testify in open, public, televised impeachment inquiry hearings, according to The Washington Post. Democrats, who hold the House majority, are expected to overrule the request. Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Devin Nunes sent an embarrassingly facetious...

Several House Committees have begun to release the transcripts from the testimonies of impeachment inquiry witnesses. This comes after the House voted last week to approve the impeachment inquiry proceedings rules, in an effort to deliver information to the public. House Chairs Schiff, Engel and Maloney: "The transcripts of interviews w/Ambs Yovanovitch and McKinley demonstrate clearly how President Trump approved the removal of a highly respected & effective diplomat based on public falsehoods & smears against Amb Yovanovitch’s character." pic.twitter.com/sQ8jEsJjCi — Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) November 4, 2019 One of the transcripts...

Four potentially devastating witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry will follow White House orders and will refuse to testify. The White House told the administration officials they cannot testify Monday in closed-door depositions as lawmakers investigate President Donald Trump’s scheme to withhold aid to pressure Ukraine into investigating his political rivals, reported the Wall Street Journal. Two White House lawyers, John Eisenberg and Michael Ellis, had been scheduled to give depositions Monday, along with Brian McCormick, a deputy official in the Office of Management and Budget, and Robert Blair, a...