What's next for the impeachment inquiry? We break it down.
The Constitution does not establish the procedural rules for an impeachment—the House needs to set them up. Thursday’s vote, although it was not itself a vote to impeach the president, only establishes the rules of procedure going forward.
Testimonies in the impeachment proceedings so far, for example, revealed a months-long pressure campaign by the president and Rudy Guiliani to coerce the Ukrainian president to open an investigation into Joe Biden in exchange for money already allocated by Congress to help Ukraine fight off Russian aggression. Those surprising facts shocked many people, even in Trump’s own administration who have come forward to testify in depositions in the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
The open televised sessions will look and sound something like a trial proceeding in a court of law, with a direct exam of each witness—led by Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, or another attorney working as an aide in the House, with a cross-examination led by Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, or an attorney for the president. Lawmakers usually have only five minutes to ask questions one after the other in hearings in the House, but this new format should help the evidence come out in a more direct way.
The president and White House have been engaged in a massive effort to stonewall the impeachment proceedings, most notably by refusing to respond to any and all House subpoenas and by trying to prevent and block any and all witnesses from testifying.
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