Oh man. Fox News’ @BretBaier acknowledges that Trump’s tweet in real time during Yovanovitch’s testimony could be viewed as witness tampering, adds a possible article of impeachment, and that Republicans will have to deal with that.
And now Chris Wallace says if viewers were not moved during Yovanovitch’s testimony, “you don’t have a pulse.”
Wallace also reaffirms Baier’s point about witness tampering and that overall it was “powerful testimony.”

Some of the other Fox News contributors are trying to deflect the import of Yovanovitch’s testimony but if Trump is watching FNC he’s going to blow a gasket.
And now @johnrobertsFox echoes both Baier and Wallace from the White House lawn and says flat-out that Trump’s tweet was “not particularly well-advised.”
I want to be clear here that some of the Fox News contributors are also trying to minimize the impact of the testimony and criticize Schiff. But even Ken Starr is acknowledging that Yovanovitch has been a strong witness and that Trump’s real-time tweet was galactically stupid.
Outside the hearings, @ChadPergram reports that a senior GOP Hill source said about Trump’s tweet: “we didn’t need that.” Goes on to say that it complicates GOP lines of attack.
It’s hard to put into words the tone that @marthamaccallum and @DanaPerino have used to describe Marie Yovanovitch as a “fine woman” before they try to undercut the import of her testimony.
And @AndrewCMcCarthy says that the GOP better offer real evidence that Yovanovitch was running down Trump because otherwise her testimony will be extremely powerful.
And now my JetBlue flight has ended. Follow @emilynussbaum for more Fox News observations.

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