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House to vote on resolution establishing next steps in impeachment inquiry
The resolution will mark the first floor vote on impeachment since Democrats formally launched their inquiry a month ago.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images​

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By SARAH FERRIS
and HEATHER CAYGLE
October 28, 2019


The House will vote this week on a resolution to formalize the next steps of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

The resolution — which “establishes the procedure for hearings,” according to a statement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi — will mark the first floor vote on impeachment since Democrats formally launched their inquiry a month ago.

"We are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House of Representatives," Pelosi said in a letter to Democrats obtained by POLITICO.

Democrats prepare to take impeachment probe public

The House is set this week to vote to formalize the next steps in the impeachment inquiry.

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House to vote on resolution establishing next steps in impeachment inquiry ​

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Trump team’s search for impeachment strategist narrows to one candidate

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (left) and the former assistant secretary, Tony Sayegh. | Gustavo Garello/AP Photo


P o l i t i c o
By NANCY COOK
October 28, 2019


The White House is moving closer to hiring a communications specialist this week to bolster its impeachment strategy and messaging, with former top Treasury aide Tony Sayegh now as the leading contender.

If the hire pans out, Sayegh would work out of the White House on a short-term basis and would aim to amplify the president’s one-man response team, using surrogates and Trump supporters.

His portfolio also would include a broader set of communications questions and challenges outside of impeachment, including the best way to structure the White House press and communications shop and work with outside allies, said a person familiar with the search.


A senior administration official called Sayegh’s hire essentially a “done deal.”

Sayegh has the support of the Trump family including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, with whom he worked closely on tax reform and the childcare care tax credit.

“Tony might be the only person for a role like this you’ll find both Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner praising, and that’s something,” said Jason Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump’s 2016 campaign and the former communications director for the Trump transition. “They need more bodies tackling this effort, and you’re not going to find anyone better.”

The White House press office declined to comment.

Sayegh visited the White House several times within the last week to discuss the possibility of taking the job, according to two sources familiar with the search.

It remains unclear whether President Donald Trump has signed off on the hire, a key point since the president has been dismissive of his aides’ attempts to establish a so-called war room or more formal response team.

Sayegh previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the Treasury Department, from which he was detailed to the White House to lead its communications effort for the Republican tax bill. Once under consideration for White House press secretary, he now works out of New York as a managing director at Teneo.

Trump team’s search for impeachment strategist narrows to one candidate

The White House plans to bring on a senior communications aide to handle strategy and messaging around impeachment.

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Blackwell shuts down guest: 'Done with this conversation'
CNN's Victor Blackwell is joined by political commentator Tara Setmayer and former Republican South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer to discuss GOP strategy over President Donald Trump's phone call with Ukraine. The conversation takes a turn when Bauer brings up a previously debunked conspiracy theoryabout former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Blackwell shuts down guest: 'Done with this conversation'
CNN's Victor Blackwell is joined by political commentator Tara Setmayer and former Republican South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer to discuss GOP strategy over President Donald Trump's phone call with Ukraine. The conversation takes a turn when Bauer brings up a previously debunked conspiracy theoryabout former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Diplomat describes 'clear understanding' of quid pro quo with Ukraine

A transcript of acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor's impeachment inquiry testimony, released Wednesday, shows that he described being told by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland that President Trump wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "state publicly that Ukraine will investigate Burisma," the gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden's son served on the board, and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Taylor said it was his "clear understanding" that the U.S. sending military aid to Ukraine was dependent upon Kyiv conducting the investigations. Taylor's testimony was revealed just one day after Sondland's, in which the EU ambassador similarly recalled believing it was likely the aid and the investigation were linked.


Source: CBS News, The Weekend

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Yup, we're getting numb. So overwhelmed by criminality that something that should send us into a tailspin barely creates a blip. Impeachment can't come soon enough.

JoniKen Joni .............and the biggest problem is that his supporters don't give a Hoot!! Like the Crook said, "He could shoot someone in Manhattan and get away with it", unbelievable!!!

 

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‘They seem to be incapable of forming a quid pro quo’ — Lindsey Graham argued that Trump’s foreign policy is too ‘incoherent’ to coordinate impeachable offenses in Ukraine

 

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Today, the House Intelligence Committee will hear from the US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland.

There's a lot of pressure on Sondland:

Some Democrats have accused him of lying in his closed-door testimony, and ​

Republicans worry he may turn on Trump once he's forced to speak publicly.​

 

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Protesters rallying outside a Portland, Oregon, hotel owned by
Sondland on Nov. 19. (Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa via AP Images)

 

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Evangelical magazine founded by Billy Graham calls for Trump's removal

Billy Graham in 1955. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
An editorial published Thursday by Christianity Today, a magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, called for President Trump's removal from office in the wake of his impeachment, deeming him "grossly immoral."

"We have reserved judgment on Mr. Trump for years now. Some have criticized us for our reserve. But when it comes to condemning the behavior of another, patient charity must come first. ... To use an old cliché, it’s time to call a spade a spade, to say that no matter how many hands we win in this political poker game, we are playing with a stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence."

Why it matters: Christianity Today is an influential mainstream magazine for evangelicals, with 4.3 million monthly visitors on its site and hundreds of thousands of print subscribers. President Trump won 81% of the evangelical vote in 2016, a group that makes up about 25% of the electorate, according to the Pew Research Center.

• Billy Graham's son, Franklin, is an ardent supporter of President Trump. He told "Axios on HBO" in November that he supports the president because he "defends the faith."

Highlights: The editorial calls Christianity Today's stance a moral choice — similar to how the magazine reacted when former President Bill Clinton was impeached.

• "[T]he facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral."
• "Trump’s evangelical supporters have pointed to his Supreme Court nominees, his defense of religious liberty, and his stewardship of the economy, among other things, as achievements that justify their support of the president. ... None of the president’s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character."
• "That [Trump] should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments."

Go deeper... Josh Harris: Evangelical support for Trump "incredibly damaging to the Gospel"

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Evangelical publication calls for Trump's removal from office

A leading Christian magazine founded by late evangelist Billy Graham -- father of key presidential supporter Franklin Graham -- published an op-ed on Thursday calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office and urging evangelicals not to support him.

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IMPEACHED. What’s that mean, now what and so what? If you’ve been asking these questions, this 2-part video is for you. Here’s pt. 2. #impeachment #de

IMPEACHED. What’s that mean, now what and so what? If you’ve been asking these questions, this 2-part video is for you. Here’s pt. 2. #impeachment #defenddemocracy[/size][/b]

 

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Trump seems to have got people taking about Iran instead of impeachment.

Mission accomplished.

 

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House votes to send impeachment articles to the Senate

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send the impeachment articles against President Trump to the Senate. In a 223-198 vote that mostly occurred along party lines, the House approved the impeachment managers who House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday will prosecute the case against Trump: Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D-Calif.), Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Val Demings (D-Fl.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas). The articles of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress will now be sent to the Senate, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said the impeachment trial is likely to begin on Jan. 21.



Source: The Washington Post, The New York Times

 

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