Campaign of lies, about the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. Yovanovitch and kent will be publicly testifying next week after bill taylor. Going to have more thon that in moment. But were going to begin with perhaps the most important development. Down on through the rank and file have now, whatever you think of their decision, they have contorted themselves so many different ways in an attempt to defend the president that i think we have an idea where this is headed. Weve seen republicans call the investigation a sham because the speaker would not vote to formalize the inquiry. And then call it a sham when she did. Shouldnt they first have voted to start an impeachment inquiry, which has always happened . She cannot unilaterally decide an impeachment inquiry. Youve been demanding this vote. And now that its happening, you say the process is still a sham. I applaud the speaker for finally admitting it is an entire sham but you cant put the genie back in the bottle. Alexan
Ready to defy trump and talk to the impeachment probe that is trying to end trumps presidency. The new testimony coming in tonight from a Top State Department official, george kent, recalling trumps specific demands that ukraine carry out the political investigations he wanted. Recounting how another nowfamous witness, ambassador sondland, said trump wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to the microphone and say, investigations, biden, and clinton. Kent also telling congress that the facts showed the entire effort was to initiate politically motivated prosecutions that were ininjuries to the rule of law. Now, is zelensky going to step up to the mic and announce that . The New York Times is now reporting that he was two days away from doing it on tv, then the u. S. Aid money started flowing and they canceled the interview. A key aide to mike pence also testifying behind closed doors. This is the person who should have been responsible for ensuring that pence knew what happe