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Poiuyt

(18,110 posts)
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:27 PM Nov 2019

Does anyone know the format of the public impeachment hearings?

Will each congressperson be given time to ask questions, or will they have some prosecutor type person asking questions and directing the narrative? I think the latter would be more effective at painting the picture, but I understand that there are egos involved.

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Does anyone know the format of the public impeachment hearings? (Original Post) Poiuyt Nov 2019 OP
The Dems are having a professional do their questioning. None... brush Nov 2019 #1
Dem & R staff counsels question 45 minutes per side... hlthe2b Nov 2019 #2
Thanks! Poiuyt Nov 2019 #4
We give him a fair trial tirebiter Nov 2019 #3

brush

(53,719 posts)
1. The Dems are having a professional do their questioning. None...
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:41 PM
Nov 2019

of 5-minute, alternating between parties format. I imagine the repugs will have to follow suit.

hlthe2b

(102,057 posts)
2. Dem & R staff counsels question 45 minutes per side...
Sat Nov 9, 2019, 06:45 PM
Nov 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/first-public-hearings-trump-impeachment-inquiry-begin-next-week-schiff-n1077371
The eight-page resolution specified that the Intelligence Committee would handle the public hearings of witnesses in the Ukraine case and laid out the general format, which specifically permits Democratic and Republican staff counsels to question witnesses for periods of up to 45 minutes per side.

The resolution also gives the minority party the same rights to question witnesses that the majority has, "as has been true at every step of the inquiry," Democrats said in a fact sheet about the measure.

In addition, the measure would allow the president or his counsel to participate in the impeachment proceedings held by the House Judiciary Committee, which has the authority to advance articles of impeachment against the president. The resolution explicitly states that the Judiciary panel will decide whether articles of impeachment should be reported to the full House.

pdf with further detail: https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/InquiryResolutionFactSheet.pdf
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