The stark divide — in Congress and among the broader electorate —over Trump’s alleged misdeeds was on full display in the House hearing room.
Historic public impeachment proceedings got underway Wednesday, as career diplomats delivered solemn testimony about the Trump administration’s alleged misconduct in Ukraine that they found bewildering and at odds with U.S. interests.
“If we find that the president of the United States abused his power and invited foreign interference in our elections, or if he sought to condition, coerce, extort or bribe an ally into conducting investigations to aid his reelection campaign and did so by withholding official acts …must we simply ‘get over it?,’ ” Schiff said, referring to a comment last month by Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney.
“In mid-August, it became clear to me that Giuliani’s efforts to gin up politically motivated investigations were now infecting U.S. engagement with Ukraine,” said George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary at the State Department. “I don’t believe the U.S. should ask other countries to engage in selective politically associated investigations or prosecutions against opponents of those in power because such selective actions undermine the rule of law, regardless of the country.
Taylor also revealed some of the only new information that emerged Wednesday, involving Trump’s ongoing eagerness for Ukraine to open the investigations.
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