Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Two years ago, Daphne, Karawana Galicia, an investigative journalist from Malta, was

killed in mysterious circumstances. Last month there was a break in the slow-moving case.

Now high-level government figures are being questioned about her death.

And we look back at the life of Raymond Poulogore, who renowned French cyclist who never quite

won the Tour de France. He was beloved at home even more than the competitors who wore

the winners yellow jersey.

But first, today in America, impeachment proceedings roll into their next phase with the

House Judiciary Committee's first public hearing. It comes after the House Intelligence

Committee released a sweeping report of its findings yesterday.

It involves a scheme in which Donald Trump withheld official acts at White House meeting,

as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to

compel that power to deliver two investigations that he believed would assist his reelection

campaign.

The chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, said Mr. Trump had tried to prevent

Congress from investigating his actions.

If the Congress allows a president to so fully and blankedly obstruct the work of Congress

even involving an impeachment investigation into the president's own misconduct, then

we are begging for more of the same. We are signaling to any future president that can

engage in whatever corruption, malfeasance, or negligence, and they are beyond accountability.

The president has denied any wrongdoing, and he's criticized the proceedings.

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