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On Politics | IMPEACHMENT. 2020 ELECTION. WASHINGTON. AND MORE FROM THE POLITICS WORLD. | Thursday, October 31 | | |
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| Happy Thursday, OnPolitics readers. Take a deep breath, because it looks like we'll be together in this impeachment newsletter world a little longer. |
A (rough) path forward |
| Today, the House of Representatives adopted rules for the next phase of impeachment investigation, setting the stage for the public phase of the inquiry, which has been closed-door up until this point. It was a bit dramatic (are you surprised?): |
| • | The resolution sets rules for how the congressional committees leading the impeachment inquiry will hold public hearings and eventually funnel their findings to the House Judiciary Committee for the potential drafting of articles of impeachment. | | • | The House erupted into brief chaos as Republicans shouted "OBJECTION!" as the resolution passed on a 232-196 vote. | | • | "This is a sad day for our country," House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said opening the debate. "If we don't hold this president accountable, we could be ceding our ability to hold any president accountable." Democrats expressed dismay that this process was necessary. | | • | Each Republican rejected the resolution and the impeachment inquiry in general. "Trying to put a ribbon on a sham process doesn't make it any less of a sham," said Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee. | |
| What's next? We'll have to wait and see for ourselves, now that the depositions will be public. |
'Not concerned that anything illegal was discussed' |
| National Security Council official Timothy Morrison testified today. Republicans hailed his testimony as a victory, though they could not comment on any of the details. |
| • | Morrison is the first White House political appointee to testify in the impeachment inquiry. He was subpoenaed to appear. | | • | Ambassador William Taylor had described Morrison as the key witness to a conversation between European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak. | | • | In his opening remarks, Morrison said he listened to "the call," and said, "To the best of my recollection, the MemCon accurately and completely reflects the substance of the call," using the acronym for the summary of the call released by the White House. | | • | "I want to be clear, I was not concerned that anything illegal was discussed," he also said. | |
| And one more thing before we let you get to trick-or-treating! |
| USA TODAY's editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll has launched a new newsletter, The Backstory. If you care about the news - and the stories behind the news - we recommend you sign up here. Expect it in your inboxes every Friday. |
| - Until tomorrow. ���� |
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