Sunday shows – Focus shifts to Judiciary impeachment hearing

by The Hill staff - 12/01/19 11:14 AM ET

The Sunday morning political talk shows shifted to the next phase of the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

The House Judiciary Committee will ultimately decide whether the evidence gathered during the probe warrants drafting articles of impeachment that would be voted on by the entire House.

Its first hearing is scheduled this week.

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

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Top Judiciary Republican: ‘My first and foremost witness is Adam Schiff’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Rep. Doug Collins (Ga.), the top GOP member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is the most important witness Republicans want to question in the upcoming phase of the impeachment inquiry.

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GOP rep: It would be to Trump’s advantage to have attorneys at impeachment hearing

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) said Sunday that it would be to President Trump’s advantage to have attorneys present at this week’s House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing.

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Key Democrat hopes Trump will participate in next phase of impeachment inquiry

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said Sunday she hopes President Trump will participate in the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment proceedings.

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Demings: ‘We’re not willing to play that game’ of waiting for officials who refuse to testify

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said Sunday that House Democrats are “not willing to play that game” of waiting to see if the courts will order White House officials to appear before the House committees.

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Judiciary Democrat who worked on Nixon impeachment says alleged Trump misconduct is worse

By REBECCA KLAR

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the only House Democrat to have worked on both the Nixon and Clinton impeachment proceedings, said Sunday that President Trump’s alleged misconduct is worse than that of President Nixon.

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Jeffries dismisses poll showing declining support for impeachment: ‘Our job is to follow the facts’

By ZACK BUDRYK

House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday dismissed a poll showing declining support for the House’s impeachment inquiry, noting other polling contradicting the result and saying Congress’s job is “to follow the facts.”

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Kennedy explains why he walked back comments about Ukraine election hack

By REBECCA KLAR

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday explained why he walked back comments indicating Ukraine may have been responsible for the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

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Klobuchar says she’s not worried about leaving campaign trail for impeachment trial: ‘I meet whatever obstacle is put in front of me’

By REBECCA KLAR

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), said Sunday she isn’t worried that missing time on the presidential campaign trail for a potential Senate impeachment trial will place her at a disadvantage in the primary race.

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Klobuchar knocks Bloomberg late 2020 entry: ‘We have strong candidates’

By REBECCA KLAR

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a Democratic presidential candidate, knocked former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s late entry into the 2020 race.

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Bloomberg pollster: Candidate’s campaign will focus on climate change, guns, education and income inequality

By MARTY JOHNSON

“He’s focused on climate, given his role as the special representative of the [U.N.] Secretary General on Climate,” pollster Doug Schoen said.

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Booker: ‘If you want me in this race, then I need help’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a 2020 presidential hopeful, on Sunday appealed to his supporters to help him stay in the race, stressing his strengths as a general election candidate.

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