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Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan lashed out at House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) in her opening statement, saying she was “insulted” at his insinuation that she did not read her fellow witnesses testimony ahead of her testimony before the panel on impeachment. 

Turley: “This would be the first impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate — and, in my view, not compelling evidence — of the commission of a crime.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) kicked out staffers and required members to check their phones ahead of a caucus meeting on Wednesday in order to have a “candid” conversation with Democrat members on the impeachment inquiry, according to reports.

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday is holding its first hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry launched in late September.

Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan, one of three expert witnesses called by Democrats to testify on the first day of the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment inquiry, donated $1000 to the presidential campaign of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in July, according to to Federal Elections Commission (FEC) data.

A transcript of Constitutional Law professor Johnathan Turley’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on impeachment was released ahead of his Wednesday morning appearance. 

House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) told National Public Radio (NPR) on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was guilty of “bribery,” though his committee’s own report largely ignored that claim.

Republicans should have a field day with the Democrats’ own panel of witnesses, since the experts’ past statements about the impeachment shed light on how absurd, partisan, and destructive the effort to take down President Donald Trump really is.

The witness list includes Noah Feldman, who bought into the Russia collusion conspiracy theory and said Trump could be impeached for defamation.

The ongoing impeachment sham is a show trial — one that ought to be reviewed as a drama critic would. After all, the lead House prosecutor, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), is a failed screenwriter.

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wrote a five-page letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) on Sunday, rejecting participation in what Cipollone called a “baseless and highly partisan” impeachment inquiry.

House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is giving members of his committee just 24 hours to read and sign off on his report recommending articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

House Intelligence Committee members are expected to review their report on the ongoing impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump’s telephone call with the leader of Ukraine.

House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) wrote to President Donald Trump Friday, giving him until Friday, Dec. 6., to answer whether he and his lawyers would participate in the “impeachment inquiry.”

House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) said Wednesday that he does not believe that Americans’ support for impeachment will “ever get to 60 percent.”

“We’ve given the Republicans plenty of public time,” said Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who supports impeachment regardless of further evidence.

Jerry Nadler’s offer is a ruse designed to fool the media into thinking that Democrats are offering Trump a fair process.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) criticized the forthcoming House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing as a “rerun” of a previous hearing the committee had in June. Collins said,

The House Judiciary Committee announced Tuesday that the panel will hold its inaugural impeachment hearing next week and has invited President Donald Trump to testify.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated that “it looks like everything is headed” in the direction of the Judiciary Committee developing articles of impeachment. Raskin said, “So, essentially, the Intelligence Committee,

Democrats released the text Tuesday of their resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, with the vote to be held on Thursday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said during a press conference Wednesday that House Democrats have continued to “selectively leak” information to the media to drive down President Donald Trump’s polling and push for impeachment. 

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) targeted Democrats and their impeachment efforts on Wednesday as he delivered a short speech before he, and several other members of Congress, stormed the secret room where House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) has been operating the closed-door impeachment inquiry.

House Republicans stormed the secret room where Schiff has been running the closed-door impeachment inquiry.

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) introduced legislation Tuesday to remove House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and end the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will convene the Democratic caucus at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday to discuss whether to impeach President Donald Trump.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Democrat New York Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) claimed Friday that the impact of climate change will reduce the planet to “bacteria and maybe a few plants.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) exposed Al Sharpton’s history of racist and antisemitic rhetoric on Thursday — doing so, in part, by relying on past complaints by Sharpton’s MSNBC colleague, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler hosted the committee’s first so-called “impeachment” hearing on Tuesday despite a report that Nancy Pelosi is concerned he has gone too far and a new poll showing that most voters are still against impeachment.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Judiciary Committee member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) stated that “there are several instances” where former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski “can be held in contempt.” Jackson Lee said, “[W]e believe that there

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski frustrated House Judiciary Committee Democrats during a contentious hearing on Tuesday.

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski mocked Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) line of questioning during his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, assessing that she offered “just a rant.”

Corey Lewandowski took a jab at failed presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Tuesday during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

Corey Lewandowski packed several punches as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, with one of which he called himself the “good looking man” while being questioned by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) stated that if she was in charge of the House Judiciary Committee, she would issue an inherent contempt order against former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski. Speier said, “I

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter are set to testify Tuesday in front of the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into whether the president obstructed justice and should be impeached.