Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), a member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said the public phase of the impeachment inquiry is more likely to sway Americans than the Mueller report did because of what she called the clear nature of President Trump’s bribery.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said on ABC “This Week” that the Republicans’ request for the whistleblower to testify is grounded in the House minority “making an issue of anything that they think will give them some gravitas.”
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), a former CIA officer who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday defended the whistleblower whose complaint helped spark the impeachment inquiry into President Trump even as he blasted Chairman Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) handling of the probe.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a 2020 White House hopeful, said on Sunday that she hasn’t seen any reason why former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter would need to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, as Republicans have requested.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday” that some witnesses requested by Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) would likely be called in the House’s impeachment inquiry.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday dismissed testimony from current and former White House officials that contradicted President Trump, saying it was “just their impression” of the situation.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a vocal ally of President Trump, on Sunday dismissed allegations that the White House committed a quid pro quo in its dealings with Ukraine, arguing that the president has “every right” to withhold aid from a country where he believes corruption is taking place.
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Rep. Mac Thornberry (Texas), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, which is at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, was “inappropriate” but not “impeachable.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Sunday that President Trump could have been “over the line” to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, but added that it “depends on the circumstances.”
Attorney Alan Dershowitz warned that Americans should be “frightened” of the House’s impeachment investigation, accusing Democrats of trying to “create crimes out of nothing.”
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) confirmed once again on Sunday that he has no plans to enter to 2020 presidential primary race and dismissed concerns others have expressed about the candidates in the race.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) dismissed incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s apparent loss in Kentucky as an individual loss and not an indication of a larger shift in Kentucky politics.
“The footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same: the enduring defeat of ISIS,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”
