Impeachment Day One:
Two Hearsay Witnesses Outraged by Gossip
Where, exactly, is the “high crime�
Adam Mill
- November 14th, 2019
If you were lost in the maze of hearsay and speculation during the first day of the impeachment inquiry, you can certainly be forgiven for your confusion. The sharp contrast between the vague stream of guesses and characterizations on the one hand and the melodramatic expressions of alarm and concern on the other, as expressed by U.S. Representative Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) marquee witnesses, was disconcerting. Acting Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent were the two main actors in this schizophrenic display.
Throughout the performance, Republican lawmakers repeatedly made the point that neither witness had any first-hand knowledge of the events they described. Instead, these “witnesses†offered only their opinions on the transcript but little new information about what the president actually did or said.
Schiff began the proceedings with a whopper so outlandish that Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) can be seen in a split screen shot attempting to stifle a guffaw. Schiff claimed on live television not to know the identity of the whistleblower.
Is there a “five Pinocchio†rating at the Washington Post?
Among the “bombshells†alleged to have detonated during the show was a revelation that an unnamed staffer for William Taylor suddenly remembered overhearing a cell phone conversation to which he was not a party and in which he claims he heard the president (who he “believed†was on the other end of the call) ask about investigations in Ukraine. “Investigations� What “investigations�
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