Impeachment hearings likely to get worse for Republicans
By Albert Hunt, opinion contributor — 11/17/19 10:30 AM EST
Republicans, with an admittedly bad hand, blundered in charging that Democrats led with their "star witnesses" in the impeachment proceedings and that it would be downhill from there.
Instead, the Intelligence Committee hearings promise more compelling witnesses as they build the case against President Donald Trump for pressuring Ukraine to conduct a phony investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, holding up much needed military assistance as leverage.
These hearings will include witnesses with first-hand involvement with Trump, undercutting committee Republican complaints that it's all second-hand charges, and officials who worked directly for the president in the White House and administration, undercutting claims his critics are all anti-Trumpers.
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