The First Round of Impeachment Hearings Are Over. Now What?

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After a month of closed-door depositions, Democrats in the House of Representatives last Thursday wrapped up two furious weeks of public impeachment inquiry hearings, featuring 12 witnesses who delivered a wealth of revelations. Yes, there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine. Yes, President Trump was involved. Yes, it’s all damning as hell.

So what now? House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Monday provided a look at the Democrats’ schedule going forward, announcing that his committee’s report on what it gleaned over the past two months “will be transmitted to the Judiciary Committee soon after Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess.”

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Here’s what else to expect in the impeachment inquiry as 2019 comes to a close, and beyond:

Will there be more hearings?

As Schiff notes in his announcement, “[we] do not foreclose the possibility of further depositions or hearings.” The committee has sought to hear from several figures with first-hand knowledge of the Trump administration’s relationship with Ukraine — including Vice President Mike Pence, Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer — but has been stonewalled by the White House.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/impeachment-inquiry-what-happens-next-918347/

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1. Next Wednesday....

https://judiciary.house.gov/legislation/hearings/impeachment-inquiry-president-donald-j-trump-constitutional-grounds