LIVEBLOG: The House Kicks Off Its Impeachment Hearing | Talking Points Memo

The House holds its first public impeachment hearing Wednesday.

Bill Taylor — the top diplomat in the U.S. embassy in Kyiv — and George Kent, a top State Department official, will testify.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1261744
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This is it, folks. We are in about the best position we could have hoped for.

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Ok GOP, you focus on the whistleblower. That seems like a great tactic.

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I am sure they wont just focus on the whistleblower, they have Schiff, Biden, Clinton conspiracies to talk about as well.

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Thanks, @publishermike !!! Truly appreciate this…

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Looks like taylor and kent are testifying under subpoena, meaning the DOJ nor the WH can block or tamper with their records…nioce

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Thanks, but this isn’t anything that I did…this is TPM staff blogging…

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's ok - it’s your site - they wouldn’t do it without your support.

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not my site…I’m just a moderator on the comment boards…

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Here to keep us under control…

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Disrupt. Distort. Dissemble. Defy.

I hope Schiff has a plan to deal with that.

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Oi! ‘Ere comes a double decker with “Giuliani” an’ Mulvaney written on t’side.

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Rely on people not being able to stand listening to Nunes voice?

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Closed captioning might help?

Devin Nunes is gish galloping the nation with his opening statement. And so much of it, like always, is 100% gaslighting projection.

History will be very unkind to Mr. Nunes’ role in this chapter.

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So complaining that Dems wont let them force Hunter Biden to testify, but they are ok with all the various WH staff who are refusing to follow the law.

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And Nunes is off his block.

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But it sounds weak.AS gas lighting goes, I give it a 3 on the scale of 1-10.

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Ok, so now the problem is Hunter Biden worked for a Ukrainian company. And, bringing in Obama.

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Nunes is “having a cow!”

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