The public impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives reached their conclusion last Thursday, capping off a contentious two weeks during which Republicans defended President Donald Trump from allegations that he improperly pressured Ukraine into announcing corruption investigations that served to benefit him politically. For the most part, their defense strategy had three prongs:
• challenge witnesses’ knowledge and credibility,• hammer home the point that the Ukrainian investigations requested by Trump never actually took place, and• engage in political theatre.
“They’ve just got a really bad case,” says Keith Whittington, a political scientist at Princeton. “The Trump administration has engaged in some …read more
Source:: Reason.com
