House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a note to members of his committee on Tuesday establishing the procedures in this week’s public hearings in the House impeachment probe.
“These procedures are consistent with those governing prior impeachment proceedings and mirror those used under Republican and Democratic House leadership for decades,” Schiff wrote.
According to the memo, he and ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA) will be allowed to deliver opening statements at the beginning of the hearings, as will the witnesses.
Then Schiff and Nunes will hold up to 90 minutes of extended questioning of the witness, during which only the two …read more
Source:: TPM
