Potentially drawing up our articles drying up articles of impeachment against donald trump. They invited three scholars to testify. A law school professor, a stanford loss will professor, professor, andol in North Carolina lost go professor. The republicans invited Jonathan George Washington Law School professor. The House Committee will come to order. We are reserving the right to object. The objection is noted. I amrsuant to clause 2j1, furnishing you with demand of a majority day of hearings on this subject. I withdraw my reservation. The quorum is present. We are the first hearing conducting pursuant down to resolution 660. The special Judiciary Committee procedures described in section 4a. Here is how the committee will proceed. I will make an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for an Opening Statement. Each witness will have 10 minutes to make their statements and then we will proceed to questions. I will now recognize myself. Mr. Chairman, parliamenta
Professor. Here is the hearing in its entirety. Order. House will come to object. E the right to i am furnishing you with the subject signed by all republicans. Pursuant to clause, i am furnishing you with a letter signed by all the members of the committee can i request that you set this date before the Committee Votes on any articles of impeachment. I withdraw my reservation. Later. Ill confer on this hearing wethe first to housecting pursuant resolution 660. Here is have the committee will proceed for this hearing will openingill make it an statement and then i will rubberneck just recognized a member for making an Opening Statement. I now recognize myself for no Opening Statement. For anve the time Opening Statement. The facts before us are undisputed. President trump called roses was zelensky andent asked him for a favor. That was a concerted effort to solicit an advantage in the next. Lection to obtain that private political advantage, President Trump elected from the newly presi
President for the 1st time since turkeys military operation in syria also dozens killed in gaza as israel launches more airstrikes and more than 200. 00 rockets fired in response. And a cocktail to combat tear gas we meet the older generation committed to helping iraqs antigovernment protests. So a top diplomat has given evidence of how the u. S. President put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden when there was one of 2 foreign offices to appear for hours at the 1st televised hearing at the heart of an impeachment inquiry into donald trump hijack our story begins our coverage from washington the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god William Taylor and george kent took the stand together at the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry career foreign officers called by democrats to telecom. Telling story to the American Public taylor is the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who upon assuming the post in june found himself dropped in the m
The marquee witnesses had not heard or seen much from the president themselves. They had few credits to offer as star witnesses, but here we go. No way out, both witnesses, Senior State Department official george kent and acting ambassador to the ukraine bill taylor left discom discomfitted. And the zeal seems dampened and displaced by obvious disappointment. I heard a staff person from the office of management and budget say there was a hold on Security Assistance to ukraine. The first i heard of the call was with a phone call with tim morrison. What i can do today is tell you what i heard from people. In this case it was what i heard from ambassador sondland. Lou what he heard and repeated all said but not heard and seen by the eyes and ears of these star witnesses from the schiff production. If the next few days performances dont improve, schiff and pelosi shouldnt expect a long run at all. Lets go to chief white house correspondent, john roberts, for the latest. Reporter in a News
Takeaways. T time, democrats and repu case about whether the president committed an Impeachable Offense, or not. The facts that have come to light are very much what the founders had in mind, i think when they provided a remedy. This is an abject failure for the democrats and adam schiff. Reporter acting u. S. Ambassador to the ukraine, william taylor, and george kent testified before the house intelligence committee. Taylor revealed new information about the president s focus on comes from overheard call between u. S. Ambassador to the eu and the president after trumps call with ukrainian president , volodymyr zelensky. The democrats believed the president used his office to extort ukraine to dig up dirt on the bidens, including holding up 400 million in military aid. It was not just the white house meeting that was dependent on the investigations. He said it was now everything. It included the security assistance. Ambassador, you werent on the call were you . You didnt listen on the