Republicans Got The Public Hearings They Wanted. Now They Say They’re Too Boring.
WASHINGTON — For nearly two months, Republicans in Congress have been arguing that impeachment hearings — if they had to be held at all — needed to be held publicly. The depositions going on behind closed doors, they argued, were a “Soviet-style impeachment inquiry” happening in a “chamber of secrets.”
“I don’t know about you, but it’s hard for me to stay awake and listen to all of this,” Rep. Mark Meadows, a close ally of President Donald Trump’s, told reporters when he emerged from the room just before 12:30 p.m.about two hours into the hearing.. “BORING: 90 MINUTES BEFORE QUESTIONS BEGIN,” it read. “First Hour Fail: Democrats’ ‘Blockbuster’ Opening Hour Fizzles.
“Ambassador Sondland told President Trump that the Ukrainians were ready to move forward,” Taylor said, recalling new information he was given by a staffer last week after heHe said the staffer had asked Sondland after the call what Trump thought of Ukraine. “Ambassador Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of Biden, which Giuliani was pressing for,” Taylor told Congress on Wednesday.
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