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Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings presided over by Jerrold Nadler.. who opposed the Clinton impeachment in 1998 ..
Judiciary will begin with at least one day of hearings, on December 4, outlining the constitutional grounds for impeachment, which will aim at explaining such terms of art as “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Two of the most combative Intelligence Committee Republicans, Jim Jordan and John Ratcliffe, are also on Judiciary and will get to keep up their barrage of questions toward Democrats witnesses..along with the addition of attorney and former judge.. Texas Senator Louie Gohmert.
Each day of the hearings, then, will be long and exhausting. The overall timetable is reasonably clear: to consider and report articles of impeachment with time enough for the full House to debate and enact them before Christmas. That is a very narrow three-week window..Congress goes on Christmas break on the 13th..
Judiciary will begin with at least one day of hearings, on December 4, outlining the constitutional grounds for impeachment, which will aim at explaining such terms of art as “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
There are 41 members of the Judiciary Committee, compared with
only 23 members of the Intelligence Committee. So the hearings will be
longer even if Nadler sticks to one round of questioning per witness.
The final phase of this hearing would be the consideration of articles
themselves before the panel sends them to the House floor.
Two of the most combative Intelligence Committee Republicans, Jim Jordan and John Ratcliffe, are also on Judiciary and will get to keep up their barrage of questions toward Democrats witnesses..along with the addition of attorney and former judge.. Texas Senator Louie Gohmert.
Each day of the hearings, then, will be long and exhausting. The overall timetable is reasonably clear: to consider and report articles of impeachment with time enough for the full House to debate and enact them before Christmas. That is a very narrow three-week window..Congress goes on Christmas break on the 13th..
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