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NEW: Jerry Nadler said he wouldn't "take any shit" at an impeachment hearing expected to feature a lot of it.

But Democrats are exhaling after a smooth — even substantive — debate on impeachable offenses.

Analysis w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
There were plenty of heated moments, but lawmakers largely kept their outrage within their allotted five minutes and kept loud squabbling to a minimum. Nadler shepherded the hearing past potential sideshows. politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
In short, Democrats feel like they got what they wanted out of this hearing — an uninterrupted chance to make their case that Trump committed impeachable offenses, lots of good sound bites and no circus or self-inflicted wounds. politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
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Kyle Cheney
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NEW: The Judiciary Committee today is poised to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, just the third time in history the process has advanced this far. Story w/ @AndrewDesiderio

Check here for the latest.

politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
@AndrewDesiderio RATCLIFFE asked for unanimous consent that the clerk dispense with the reading of the articles of impeachment. Rep. Lofgren objected, so the reading of the articles continued.
@AndrewDesiderio Trump now amplifies a baseless claim -- from a former Ukrainain prosecutor considered a bad actor by the State Department -- that Yovanovitch perjured herself during her congressional testimony.
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Kyle Cheney
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NEWS: Pence's office has rejected Schiff's request to declassify Jennifer Williams' supplemental testimony, declaring that the request is invalid because the impeachment inquiry has ended.

w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
@AndrewDesiderio "At this point, the Intelligence Committee’s oversight authority is limited to those areas in which it may potentially legislate or appropriate," Pence's counsel wrote.

politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
Of course, the VP's office rejected the last request for dos from impeachment investigators while inquiry was ongoing bc the House hadn't taken a vote on it yet.

But they didn't cooperate after House vote or after federal judge called a vote unnecessary. politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
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Kyle Cheney
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GOHMERT just named the person alleged to be the whistleblower as someone Republicans think should testify.

No other lawmakers have done this.
NEW: GOHMERT became the first lawmaker to publicly name a person purported by some Trump allies to be the whistleblower.

Schiff warned there could be ethics consequences for something like this, though his office is declining to comment.

politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
UPDATE: @BresPolitico pressed GOHMERT about his comment, and Gohmert denied trying to identify the whistleblower.

"I could care less who the whistleblower is," he said, calling the person he named a "fact witness." politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
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Andrew Desiderio
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Nadler vowed he wouldn’t “take any shit” at Judiciary’s first impeachment hearing — and the forecast called for a lot of it.

But in the end, the storm never truly arrived.

Analysis on a Judiciary hearing that *didn’t* completely derail, w/ @kyledcheney

politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
@kyledcheney By Wednesday afternoon, the committee had presided over something almost unheard of in the 116th Congress: a measured, substantive and relatively orderly debate about impeachment and whether Trump deserves the Constitution’s ultimate punishment.

politico.com/news/2019/12/0…
@kyledcheney Or, put more succinctly by @jonward11:
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Adam A. Fernandez
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A short thread on #impeachment.

I have pre-existing conditions—I fear my life & that of my friends being taken away.
I have close friends with DACA—I fear their right to be here being taken away.
I'm a Latino parent—I fear my child will be discriminated against worse than I was
I'm the survivor of an in-person death threat against me & my family, from a MAGA extremist who hated me just for who I am—I fear him or another carrying out those threats.

I'm an attorney—I fear the erosion of the rule of law.
I'm a patriot—I fear Russian interference in the 2020 election.

I'm a voting rights advocate—I fear a system is currently being created that will lead to permanent minority rule, & that that minority will use political power to permanently restricts the rights of the majority.
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Akshaya de Groot
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1/
 I am sorry to inform you that since yesterday, late in the day, I jumped to another universe.

In that universe, like here, the day ended with a press conference by Democrat leaders Pelosi, Nadler, Schiff and Cummings…
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 Only, "taking serious what was said today" they proclaimed to start #Impeachment hearings.

All the journalists had to rewrite their articles for the next day…
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 And this morning, it was not the hesitating, wandering voice of Mueller, nor the theatrics of the event that stood central.
Instead all the papers & websites focused on what Mueller (and Schiff and Nadler) had said and that had motivated Dems to start #impeachment.
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Positively Spiritual Annie
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It's time I had my say about #Impeachment, DJT's obstructionistic tactics, and @SpeakerPelosi's not pushing for an inquiry yet.

When AG Barr released the redacted version of the report to Congress, he did *not* include any of the underlying documents on which Mueller relied.

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Just like a lawsuit, a case has to be built based on facts and evidence. Both the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee have been working their way through the system, including voting to hold AG Barr in Contempt of Congress. DJT has been fighting them in court.

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Meanwhile, the Ways and Means Committee has also been working on getting DJT's tax returns. One of the Committees has also been working on getting records subpoenaed from DJT's financial management firm and from Deutche Bank, known for Russian money laundering.

3/
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Richard 🌊 Spencer
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We forget how much heat was on Trump in the first quarter of 2017: appointees were being investigated and resigning and mainstream liberals viewed him as utterly illigitmate. At the time, I thought an #impeachment hearing was likely, and that many Republicans would join in.
Things cooled off considerably for, as I see it, two fundamental reasons: The Syria strikes and Trump and the GOP’s mutual embrace.
The Syria strikes assured the Deep State (an often misused term, but a legit one) that Trump would pursue “business as usual” in American foreign policy; this was confirmed by an increase of troops in Afghanistan and more.
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MissMAGA2016
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The communist "progressives" and their orgs, such as their so called "Democracy Alliance" are going ALL OUT for 2020 to get their people and policies implemented. #Democrats

Copy of their confidential memo is inside 👇

freebeacon.com/politics/confi…
The donors that proving the funds for all of it are people such as #Soros, CAP (#Podesta org), #HillaryClinton's backer Media Matters/David Brock, and many others.
One thing they're throwing tons of money at is to change laws and policies in individual states. They have a fund called "State POWER Funds" that make "LUCRATIVE INVESTMENTS" in various state endeavors.

Which means, as always, it's ALL ABOUT THE MONEY 💰
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