stupid question about impeachment inquiry depositions

[Anonymous]

These are with committees, right? So there are both Ds and Rs present?

I was thinking about during the first couple days the Ds came out and said "Wow, that witness totally backed up the whistleblowers" and the Rs said "Wow, that witness proved that the President did nothing wrong."

The Rs have been extremely quiet during more recent depositions. There must be nothing about the testimony that they can spin to make it look good.

[Anonymous]

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Yep, you're right, they have gotten quiet.

I heard an interview with Rep Denny Heck the other day. He said that Dems and GOP each get 50% time to ask questions, and that most of the questioning is being done by committee attorneys (although he also said members ask a fair amount of questions too). So these GOP complaints that the process is unfair are just BS.

[Anonymous]

This week, some Republicans attacked the process, not the actual evidence, which is quite revelatory. Have any Republican politicians or Fox News reporters or opinion hosts, not directly implicated in purported malfeasance, actually accused the testimonies of being made-up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are with committees, right? So there are both Ds and Rs present?

I was thinking about during the first couple days the Ds came out and said "Wow, that witness totally backed up the whistleblowers" and the Rs said "Wow, that witness proved that the President did nothing wrong."

The Rs have been extremely quiet during more recent depositions. There must be nothing about the testimony that they can spin to make it look good.

Bingo. If there was exculpatory testimony it would have been leaked. It's also an indication that they aren't relaying a lot of the testimony to the White House, which seems like a bad situation for the White House.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-democrats/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are with committees, right? So there are both Ds and Rs present?

I was thinking about during the first couple days the Ds came out and said "Wow, that witness totally backed up the whistleblowers" and the Rs said "Wow, that witness proved that the President did nothing wrong."

The Rs have been extremely quiet during more recent depositions. There must be nothing about the testimony that they can spin to make it look good.

Bingo. If there was exculpatory testimony it would have been leaked. It's also an indication that they aren't relaying a lot of the testimony to the White House, which seems like a bad situation for the White House.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-democrats/index.html

It's amazing what actual facts will do.

[Anonymous]

The Rs have been extremely quiet during more recent depositions. There must be nothing about the testimony that they can spin to make it look good.

Correct. They’ve been so quiet that Trump doesn’t even seem to think they’re there, according to his dumb tweets.

[Anonymous]

They have been quiet because the first witness, Volker, was a structured interview. They have now changed these to "depositions" which means members cannot comment on testimony. The Republicans have been abiding by that. The Democrats have not. Schiff, et al, have been leaking any thing that is helpful to them. They are not sharing soundbites that aren't.

It is that simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have been quiet because the first witness, Volker, was a structured interview. They have now changed these to "depositions" which means members cannot comment on testimony. The Republicans have been abiding by that. The Democrats have not. Schiff, et al, have been leaking any thing that is helpful to them. They are not sharing soundbites that aren't.

It is that simple.

There are no soundbites that are helpful to the lawbreaking president.

[Anonymous]

Actually, its been surprising how little we have heard about what happens behind those closed doors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep, you're right, they have gotten quiet.

I heard an interview with Rep Denny Heck the other day. He said that Dems and GOP each get 50% time to ask questions, and that most of the questioning is being done by committee attorneys (although he also said members ask a fair amount of questions too). So these GOP complaints that the process is unfair are just BS.

No. There is no cross examination.

Dems claim that this is like a Grand Jury.

Big difference, though. A Grand Jury is in secret. This is not. Everyone knows who the witnesses are.

And, to those saying the GOP has been quiet over this. That is not true. They have had a presser almost every day--at least, every time there is a witness.

They have also asked that the transcripts be made public. Dems say no because it is a "Grand Jury." Interesting. Schiff lied in his opening statement about the phone conversation--when the phone conversation contradicted his statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, you're right, they have gotten quiet.

I heard an interview with Rep Denny Heck the other day. He said that Dems and GOP each get 50% time to ask questions, and that most of the questioning is being done by committee attorneys (although he also said members ask a fair amount of questions too). So these GOP complaints that the process is unfair are just BS.

No. There is no cross examination.

Dems claim that this is like a Grand Jury.

Big difference, though. A Grand Jury is in secret. This is not. Everyone knows who the witnesses are.

And, to those saying the GOP has been quiet over this. That is not true. They have had a presser almost every day--at least, every time there is a witness.

They have also asked that the transcripts be made public. Dems say no because it is a "Grand Jury." Interesting. Schiff lied in his opening statement about the phone conversation--when the phone conversation contradicted his statement.

Where are Trump's taxes? Those were supposed to be released 3 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No. There is no cross examination.

Dems claim that this is like a Grand Jury.

Big difference, though. A Grand Jury is in secret. This is not. Everyone knows who the witnesses are.

And, to those saying the GOP has been quiet over this. That is not true. They have had a presser almost every day--at least, every time there is a witness.

They have also asked that the transcripts be made public. Dems say no because it is a "Grand Jury." Interesting. Schiff lied in his opening statement about the phone conversation--when the phone conversation contradicted his statement.

The call summary that the White House released jibes with both the whistleblower report and the testimony of at least 3 witnesses.

Facts are facts. The crimes that both Trump and Giuliani have admitted to ON CAMERA to the public are impeachable and should force a removal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, you're right, they have gotten quiet.

I heard an interview with Rep Denny Heck the other day. He said that Dems and GOP each get 50% time to ask questions, and that most of the questioning is being done by committee attorneys (although he also said members ask a fair amount of questions too). So these GOP complaints that the process is unfair are just BS.

No. There is no cross examination.

Dems claim that this is like a Grand Jury.

Big difference, though. A Grand Jury is in secret. This is not. Everyone knows who the witnesses are.

And, to those saying the GOP has been quiet over this. That is not true. They have had a presser almost every day--at least, every time there is a witness.

They have also asked that the transcripts be made public. Dems say no because it is a "Grand Jury." Interesting. Schiff lied in his opening statement about the phone conversation--when the phone conversation contradicted his statement.

Is this your reasoned disagreement with OP? Because I still don't see how your post refutes her conclusion, that these most recent hearings and depositions are terrible for Trump and, if they stick with him, Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, you're right, they have gotten quiet.

I heard an interview with Rep Denny Heck the other day. He said that Dems and GOP each get 50% time to ask questions, and that most of the questioning is being done by committee attorneys (although he also said members ask a fair amount of questions too). So these GOP complaints that the process is unfair are just BS.

No. There is no cross examination.

Dems claim that this is like a Grand Jury.

Big difference, though. A Grand Jury is in secret. This is not. Everyone knows who the witnesses are.

And, to those saying the GOP has been quiet over this. That is not true. They have had a presser almost every day--at least, every time there is a witness.

They have also asked that the transcripts be made public. Dems say no because it is a "Grand Jury." Interesting. Schiff lied in his opening statement about the phone conversation--when the phone conversation contradicted his statement.

Where are Trump's taxes? Those were supposed to be released 3 years ago.

Did you see the ProPublica report? "The discrepancies are versions of fraud."