Every Republican for himself: Mitch McConnell told senators in closed-door meeting to come up with their own Trump defense

AlterNet logoAccording to a report at HuffPost, Republican lawmakers, left without guidance by the White House on how to push back at the House impeachment hearings being conducted by the Democratic-led House, are being forced to come up with their own defense of embattled President Donald Trump.

With reports that the White House is the scene of a pitched battle over a which plan to use to fight the Democrats, Senate Republicans are floundering when confronted by the press on how they feel about impeachment hearings that could lead to them to have to vote on whether to force Trump from office.

According to the report, “Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, in large part because they can’t agree on how best to defend the president — or for some, if they should.”

View the complete the complete November 10 article by Tom Boggioni from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.

Democrats set stage for Watergate-style TV hearings

The Hill logoThe trio of witnesses called to testify next week in the first public impeachment hearings are some of the biggest names and most significant players in the Democrats’ sprawling six-week probe into allegations President Trump pressured a foreign power to investigate his political rivals.

House Democrats know that millions of Americans will be tuning in to watch the impeachment inquiry for the first time now that weeks of closed-door depositions are giving way to televised Watergate-style hearings that are set for next Wednesday and Friday.

The hearings could be held in one of the Capitol complex’s larger rooms, such as the cavern

View the complete November 6 article by Scott Wong on The Hill website here.

Reporter corners GOP’s Jim Jordan after he says Trump’s word is sufficient evidence of no quid pro quo

AlterNet logoRep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) insisted on Wednesday that he takes Donald Trump’s word over the word of four other witnesses who indicated that the president pushed Ukraine for a quid pro quo in order to receive promised aid.

While speaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, Jordan was asked how he weighs the words of different witnesses with regard to Ukraine.

“If one witnesses says there’s no quid pro quo but multiple others say there is, what do you do with that?” the reporter wondered.

View the complete November 6 article by David Edwards from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.