Rep. Pramila Jayapal: 'In both 2017 and 2018, didn't Pres. Trump release military aid for Ukraine without any complaints about corruption?...What changed?' Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman: 'Joe Biden started running for president.' impeachmenthearings
investigation and to argue that Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to launch investigations that could benefit him politically.
"President Trump violated his oath to the American people and placed his own private interests ahead of our national security, and constitutes a threat to our election and government.Ranking Member Doug Collins, in his closing statement, says,"At the end of the day, the case isn't made." Rep. Matt Gaetz talks out of turn during testimony by Democratic and Republican counsels in an impeachment hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Dec. 9, 2019, in Washington, D.C."This impeachment process demonstrates the worst in us and it is depriving us the opportunity to raise our gaze and meet the needs of the American people," he said.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins questions Intelligence Committee Minority Counsel Stephen Castor and Intelligence Committee Majority Counsel Daniel Goldman during the House impeachment inquiry hearings in Washington, Dec. 9, 2019. Collins also referenced a part of Goldman's testimony earlier in the day when he referenced Sondland's donation to the president's inauguration, which Sondland testified was to help secure a ticket to the event. Collins noted that Goldman has donated money to Democrats.
Berke was questioning Castor about Jennifer Williams, the aide to Vice President Mike Pence, calling President Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's President Zelensky"unusual." "I don't think the president was asking for an investigation into Joe Biden. It was just a comment," Castor said dismissively.
After Castor's presentation, the committee has started the extended round of questions. Nadler and Collins, along with their counsels, will have up to 45 minutes each to question the witnesses. "The inquiry has returned no direct evidence that President Trump withheld a meeting or security assistance in order to pressure President Zelenskiy to investigate former Vice President Biden. Witnesses who testified in the inquiry have denied having awareness of criminal activity or even an impeachable offense," Castor says.
"President Trump directed a months-long scheme to solicit foreign help in his 2020 reelection campaign, withholding official acts from the government of Ukraine in order to coerce and secure political interference in our domestic affairs," he begins."As part of the scheme, President Trump applied increasing pressure on the president of Ukraine to publicly announce two investigations helpful to his personal reelection efforts.
Republican staff attorney Steve Castor testifies as the House Judiciary Committee hears investigative findings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, Dec. 9, 2019, on Capitol Hill. "The artificial and arbitrary political deadline by which Democrats are determined to finish impeachment by Christmas leads to a rushed process. And missed opportunities to obtain relevant information," Castor said.Barry Berke, the majority counsel for the Judiciary Committee, argues the evidence collected in the impeachment inquiry so far shows President Trump's behavior fits the description of"high crimes and misdemeanors" and constitutes an impeachable offense.
ABC News' Katherine Faulders in the hearing room reports: The overwhelming theme from Democratic Counsel Berke was this: President Trump thought he got away with the Ukraine scheme. He used his powers to interfere with the investigation, but then he got caught. And his abuse of power is an impeachable offense.
"For anyone to think that this was not a baked deal is not being honest with themselves," he says in his opening statement. "At the end of the day, all this is about is about a clock and a calendar. Because they can't get over the fact Donald Trump is president of the United States and they don't have a candidate that they think can beat him. It's all political. And as we have talked about before, this is a show," he adds.
Republicans raise an objection within seconds of Nadler beginning his opening statement, setting the stage for more objections to come.
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