Daily Update | October 30, 2019
Kyle Skinner // 10/29/19 //
The impeachment inquiry continues, with Democrats agreeing to hold a vote to affirm the ongoing inquiry.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi wrote a letter to Dems in the House alerting them that there will be a vote this week to affirm the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
- You can read the resolution at Lawfare.
- The resolution lays out a proposed process, which would allow for some public hearings and for the President’s attorneys to cross-examine witnesses (NPR).
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at NSC, testified before the House committees investigating impeachment. Read his opening statement at Lawfare.
- Vindman testified to listening to the call between Trump and President Zelensky from the White House Situation Room with concern, prompting a response from Trump on Twitter (WaPo).
- He was the first White House official to testify before the committees (NYT).
Patrick McDonnell, Jacques Singer-Emery, and Nathaniel Sobel review how a variety of legal scholars over time would answer five critical questions about impeachment (Lawfare).