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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Impeachment Proceedings Go Public, and Republicans Go On the Attack

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Barack, Washington, Wickenden, News, Obama, Politics, Wnyc, Lizza, President

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This week, the House of Representatives voted to move forward with public hearings into whether President Trump abused his office for political gain. House Republicans unanimously voted against the proceedings, and describe the impeachment process as a conspiracy to unlawfully unseat the President. Trump has called the process an attempted coup. Susan B. Glasser joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what to expect from the Intelligence Committee’s televised hearings.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about

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politics. It's Friday, November 1st. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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Yesterday, in a historic vote, the House endorsed the impeachment inquiry into President Trump,

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supporting a resolution that sets the terms for public hearings.

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They are expected to begin in a few weeks.

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The vote conveyed the near-unanimous belief of House Democrats that Trump has committed

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impeachable offenses in his administration's interactions with Ukrainian officials.

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House Republicans voted as a bloc against the proceedings,

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and Representative Devin Nunes, ranking member of the Intelligence Committee,

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which will conduct the hearings, describe the committee chair, Adam Schiff,

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