Sunday shows – Democrats look forward on impeachment

by The Hill staff - 11/24/19 12:12 PM ET

Schiff says he wants to speak with constituents before deciding on impeachment

BY REBECCA KLAR

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that facts in the impeachment inquiry are “not contested” but he has not yet personally decided where he stands in terms of supporting the impeachment of President Trump.

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Kennedy on whether Ukraine interfered in 2016: ‘I don’t know, nor do you’

BY ZACK BUDRYK

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday demurred when asked whether he accepted that Russia, rather than Ukraine, hacked the Democratic National Committee’s server in 2016 in the wake of testimony by ex-National Security Council official Fiona Hill, who said blaming Ukraine was the result of a Russian disinformation campaign.

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Conway: Bloomberg entry shows ‘Democratic field is underwhelming’

BY ZACK BUDRYK

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway Sunday said the entry of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg into the 2020 presidential race demonstrated that “the Democratic field is underwhelming.”

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Swalwell on pace of impeachment: ‘There’s an urgency to make sure the election and the ballot box have integrity’

BY ZACK BUDRYK

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Sunday defended the pace of the House’s impeachment inquiry amid court battles over witness testimony, saying speed was necessary with the 2020 Democratic primaries looming.

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Schiff dismisses Trump’s call for him to testify: ‘What would I offer in terms of testimony’

BY REBECCA KLAR

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday dismissed President Trump’s call for the congressman to testify in the Senate’s impeachment trial.

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Stefanik: The left is ‘spun up’ after her impeachment hearing performance

BY MARTY JOHNSON

In an interview with radio talk show host John Catsimatidis, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said that Democrats are “spun up” after her performance during the public impeachment hearings.

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Kennedy on Russia probe IG report: ‘I’m not going to draw conclusions based on the anonymous source’

BY ZACK BUDRYK

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday said he believed people within the FBI acted on their political beliefs in investigating President Trump’s 2016 campaign amid reports the Justice Department inspector general (IG) found no such bias.

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GOP Congressman: Trump’s ‘prerogative’ to weigh in on Navy SEAL review

BY REBECCA KLAR

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that President Trump has the right as president to comment on a review of a Navy SEAL.

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Klobuchar on Trump’s ask to Ukraine: ‘This is the global version of Watergate’

BY JUSTINE COLEMAN

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) called the controversy at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump “the global version of Watergate.”

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Klobuchar says subpoenaing the whistleblower ‘would be a serious, serious mistake’

BY JUSTINE COLEMAN

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that subpoenaing the whistleblower who helped spark the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump “would be a serious, serious mistake.”

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Himes: ‘I don’t think any Democrat in the Congress’ is less committed to impeachment after last two weeks

BY ZACK BUDRYK

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the number two Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the past two weeks of testimony in the House’s impeachment inquiry have done nothing to chill Democratic enthusiasm for the effort.

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