Sunday shows — Impeachment grips Washington

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A House impeachment inquiry into President Trump dominated the Sunday political talk shows. 

Featured guests included Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, current and former White House aides and top Democrats. 

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below. 

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Giuliani spars with Stephanopoulos over whistleblower report: ‘Donald Trump was framed by the Democrats’
By JUSTINE COLEMAN 
 
President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani sparred with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” over the whistleblower report, calling it “hearsay” and “unreliable,” and saying Trump “was framed by the Democrats.”
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Giuliani says he’ll testify in front of Congress if directed by Trump
By JUSTINE COLEMAN
 
President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday called Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) “an illegitimate chairman” but said he would testify before Congress if instructed to do so by President Trump.
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Ex-Trump Homeland Security adviser rips Giuliani, calls claim Ukraine hacked DNC a ‘conspiracy theory’ with ‘no validity’
By JUSTIN WISE
 
A former Homeland Security adviser in the Trump administration said Sunday that the unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine was responsible for the hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2016 is a “conspiracy theory” with “no validity.”
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Senate Democrat: Giuliani was ‘attempting to speak for the United States government’ in Ukraine interactions
By ZACK BUDRYK 
 
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was attempting to act on behalf of the United States when he tried to convince the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
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Trump aide Stephen Miller: Whistleblower complaint ‘drips with condemnation, condescension and contempt for the president’
By ZACK BUDRYK 
 
White House policy advisor Stephen Miller sparred with Fox News’s Chris Wallace on Sunday over a whistleblower complaint against President Trump that has led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to announce a formal impeachment inquiry last week, saying Trump was the “real whistleblower.”
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Schiff hopes whistleblower will testify ‘very soon’
By REBECCA KLAR 
 
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that he hopes the whistleblower who filed a complaint that helped launch the impeachment inquiry into President Trump will testify “very soon.” 
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Top Democrat predicts more Republicans will support impeachment inquiry
By REBECCA KLAR 
 
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said Sunday that he believes more Republicans will start backing the impeachment inquiry launched into President Trump.
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Jeffries: White House defiance of subpoenas could lead to further charges 
By ZACK BUDRYK
 
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that House impeachment proceedings could incorporate potential White House defiance of subpoenas.
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Jim Jordan defends White House hiding transcripts, says administration has to protect against leaks
By REBECCA KLAR
 
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) defended the White House placing a transcript of a call with a foreign leader on a secret server, saying the administration has to protect against leaks.
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Graham: ‘I have zero problems with this phone call’
By ZACK BUDRYK 
 
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), one of President Trump’s most vocal defenders in the Senate, said Sunday he had “zero problems” with the phone call in which Trump suggested Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s family.
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Booker ‘offended’ Republicans ‘trying to shift attention’ to Biden in ‘Trump’s scandal’
By REBECCA KLAR
 
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a 2020 White House hopeful, said on Sunday that’s he’s “offended” that Republicans are shifting attention to fellow Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden as President Trump faces an impeachment inquiry.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders predicts Warren will be the Democratic nominee
By JOHN BOWDEN 
 
Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders predicted in a new interview that the 2020 Democratic nominee for president will be Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).
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Iranian foreign minister warns US ‘won’t be able to finish’ any war it starts
By JOHN BOWDEN 
 
Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif warned in an interview that the U.S. could not “finish” a war against Iran, while blaming U.S. intelligence agencies for a “cyber war” he said was being waged against Iran.
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