Indications that Thursday’s impeachment inquiry hearing would be electric came early, when former NSC senior director Fiona Hill’s opening statement leaked before the day got started.
In her opening remarks, Hill thoroughly dismantled Republicans’ baseless conspiracy theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, chiding those who propagate the misinformation for helping an antagonistic Russia undermine the democracy. House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA), in particular, has been parroting that same conspiracy theory every day of the hearings so far.
As the hearing proceeded, Hill also delivered a huge blow to the President during the staff Republican attorney’s own …read more
Source:: TPM
