'The picture has been painted': Hearings unite Democrats behind impeachment
Two weeks of televised hearings have cemented House Democrats’ determination to proceed with the impeachment of President Trump, according to interviews Thursday with more than 20 lawmakers across the party’s ideological spectrum, with most saying they had heard enough evidence to proceed to a vote.
The growing resolve among the rank and file came as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that she had no intention of slowing the impeachment probe to wait for the courts to decide whether senior administration officials who have spurned congressional requests for documents and testimony must comply.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) delivered a searing condemnation of Trump’s behavior and Republican defenses of him before gaveling the final scheduled hearing to a close Thursday evening.
“What we’ve seen here is far more serious than a third-rate burglary of the Democratic headquarters,” Schiff said, comparing Trump with President Richard M. Nixon, who resigned in 1974 after being told by fellow Republicans that his impeachment and removal were inevitable.
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