Sunday shows – Focus shifts to Judiciary impeachment hearing
by The Hill staff
The Sunday morning political talk shows shifted to the next phase of the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
The House Judiciary Committee will ultimately decide whether the evidence gathered during the probe warrants drafting articles of impeachment that would be voted on by the entire House.
Rep. Doug Collins (Ga.), the top GOP member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is the most important witness Republicans want to question in the upcoming phase of the impeachment inquiry.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) said Sunday that it would be to President Trump’s advantage to have attorneys present at this week’s House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing.
Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said Sunday that House Democrats are “not willing to play that game” of waiting to see if the courts will order White House officials to appear before the House committees.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the only House Democrat to have worked on both the Nixon and Clinton impeachment proceedings, said Sunday that President Trump’s alleged misconduct is worse than that of President Nixon.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday dismissed a poll showing declining support for the House’s impeachment inquiry, noting other polling contradicting the result and saying Congress’s job is “to follow the facts.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday explained why he walked back comments indicating Ukraine may have been responsible for the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), said Sunday she isn’t worried that missing time on the presidential campaign trail for a potential Senate impeachment trial will place her at a disadvantage in the primary race.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a Democratic presidential candidate, knocked former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s late entry into the 2020 race.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a 2020 presidential hopeful, on Sunday appealed to his supporters to help him stay in the race, stressing his strengths as a general election candidate.
