The televised proceeding will likely be the last time lawmakers make their impeachment case to the public ahead of a likely panel vote later this week to advance articles of impeachment to the full House floor.
The House Judiciary Committee is holding its second public hearing Monday, during which staff attorneys for Democrats and Republicans will present evidence to bolster arguments about whether to impeach President Donald Trump.
Republicans, for the most part, used the majority—if not all—of their 5-minute rounds to instead make long-winded defenses of the president rather than ask questions. They hoped to undercut the narrative that Trump sought to pressure a foreign counterpart to conduct politically benefiting investigation in exchange for military aid.
One point of contention involved Republicans' criticism that Burke was able to question Castor, despite just minutes prior Burke himself testifying to lawmakers about impeachment evidence against Trump. GOP members also suggested that he was only retained by Democrats as a staff attorney because of his political donations to Democratic candidates and groups.
Trump"sought to undermine our free and fair elections and poses an imminent threat to our national security."GOP counsel defends Trump:"No clear evidence" of wrongdoing Castor later repeated the debunked yet popular conspiracy theory among Republicans that Ukraine, in addition to Russia, may have interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.Lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee, Barry Berke representing the majority Democrats testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 9 in Washington, D.C.
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