This hearing was never going to change minds.Its purpose was not to produce damning new revelations or dramatic testimony. Unlike during the Intelligence Committee hearings last month, the public did not hear new facts from key witnesses, only legal opinions from a group of law professors explaining the history of impeachment as they evaluated the case against President Donald Trump.Yet as constructed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, the hearing served to reinforce the partisan divide that has swallowed impeachment rather than challenge it. Exercising their rights in the majority, Democrats chose three witnesses and …read more
Source:: The Atlantic
