Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) made light work of Republican talking points that have frequently dotted the impeachment inquiry and today’s hearings. Questioning multiple law professors (who also testified in the Bill Clinton impeachment probe in the 1990s),...
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back to archiveImpeachment, the Texas edition: What to expect this week in Washington
We're going to experiment with an impeachment-focused newsletter this week, highlighting the many Texans on both sides of the aisle involved in the process. Our goal is simplicity, giving you the lay of the land with a little analysis all in one place. Let's get the...
Rep. Joaquin Castro calls on Rick Perry to testify
Rep. Joaquin Castro is calling on Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to testify in the congressional impeachment hearings. Perry, the former governor of Texas, has been increasingly implicated in the Trump-Ukraine scandal as testimonies from key Trump administration...
Impeachment Update: Republican talking points continue to crumble
The past couple days of impeachment hearings have not been good for Republican talking points. On Wednesday afternoon, Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, gave her first public testimony. In her testimony,...
60-second impeachment update: Where things stand after 3 days of testimony
If this is all Republicans have for the impeachment investigation, they’re in trouble. Many times throughout the week, it seemed as though the GOP, including our fellow Republican members of Congress from Texas, were just using up their time, as opposed to trying to...
Trump’s impeachment attack dog from Texas has history of dramatic embellishment
Rep. John Ratcliffe is one of Trump’s staunchest defenders in the impeachment hearings, consistently challenging witnesses’ credibility. Yet the congressman has faced his own challenges with the truth. One of the most conservative members of Congress, Ratcliffe,...
Impeachment update: ‘The answer is yes’: Key witness undercuts GOP claim of no bribery
On Wednesday, congressional investigators heard from their most damning witness yet. In his opening statement, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified publicly that there was indeed a quid pro quo— or bribery— in President Trump’s dealings with...
Report: Key ambassador will admit Trump directed him to pressure Ukraine to investigate Bidens
Breaking from the NYT: Gordon D. Sondland, the Republican megadonor turned ambassador to the European Union, plans to tell the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that he and other advisers to President Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democrats “because...
Impeachment update: Trump’s Republican Party is no longer pro-military
On Tuesday, two more key witnesses in the investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine testified under oath before Congress. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is a Purple Heart-awarded active-duty servicemember who works for the National Security Council, and Jennifer...