AND WE'RE BACK: Yovanovitch is back in the witness chair for the GOP round of questioning.
NUNES intentionally violates the impeachment inquiry rules by yielding to STEFANIK. They know this violates the process set out for the impeachment inquiry and then pretend to be shocked when Schiff gavels them down.
The hearing rules: 45 minutes for Schiff/counsel followed by 45 minutes for Nunes/counsel. No other members in this round.
Then 5 minutes for each member, alternating D and R.
The House voted these rules into effect last month.
Then 5 minutes for each member, alternating D and R.
The House voted these rules into effect last month.
ICYMI: We talked to Alexandra Chalupa this week who said she'd love to testify to rebut some of the claims against her and how her earlier role in this has been portrayed: politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
YOVANOVITCH says the Ukrainians unearthing dirt on Manafort did not appear to be about Trump but about hurting former Ukraine president Yanukovych, a pro-Kremlin figure who Manafort worked for.
Chalupa responds to GOP questionsin real time:
