Associated Press: "Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at 1st IMPEACHMENT HEARING."

[pnwmom]

I added the caps, because I couldn't bold the words.

Some don't seem to understand that that hearing was an impeachment hearing held by the Judiciary Committee. For the people who are still demanding that impeachment hearings begin, they have. The reason the staff attorney was able to question Lewandowski was because of new rules approved as part of the impeachment investigation.

Anyone who thinks that the Trump Team will magically start to cooperate if only more "official" impeachment hearings begin hasn't been paying attention. Trump isn't playing by any of the rules.

https://www.apnews.com/04ac3771d88a47a1b10e4081646e871c

Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at 1st impeachment hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first impeachment hearing held by House Democrats quickly turned hostile as their sole witness, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, stonewalled many of their questions and declared they were “focusing on petty and personal politics.”

Lewandowski, a devoted friend and supporter of President Donald Trump, followed White House orders not to discuss conversations with the Republican president beyond what was already public in the report by former special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump cheered Lewandowski along as he testified on Tuesday, tweeting that his opening statement was “beautiful.”

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Lewandowski was a central figure in Mueller’s report, which the committee is examining as part of its impeachment probe. The report, which said Trump could not be exonerated on obstruction of justice, detailed two episodes in which Trump asked Lewandowski to direct then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to limit Mueller’s investigation. Trump said that if Sessions would not meet with Lewandowski, then Lewandowski should tell Sessions he was fired.

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And under questioning from a lawyer for the Democrats, Barry Berke, Lewandowski acknowledged that he had possibly lied in a cable interview about his interactions with Trump when he said he didn’t remember the president asking him to get involved with Sessions. New rules approved by the committee last week for impeachment hearings allow staff questioning at the end of the hearing.

[TwilightZone]

1. I think some are being intentionally obtuse.

Nadler has been clear for more than a month that this is all part of the impeachment inquiry process, but some are choosing to ignore that.

I think, for some, that it's intentional. Acknowledging that these investigations are part of an impeachment inquiry wouldn't fit the agenda of constantly declaring that "Dems are weak" and that Dems aren't doing anything about Trump, so they're just as bad as he is...or worse. It grew tiresome a long time ago.

[empedocles]

3. Been going on for years.

[TwilightZone]

4. Agreed.

[EffieBlack]

6. Yes, they are

They are like the dog that got the car. They demanded hearings but now that hearings are happening, they have to pretend they’re not because it’s messing up their efforts to demoralize and divide Democrats

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Meanwhile, people are screaming at Pelosi to impeach him NOW

right this goddam second.

I swear most people have no clue how it works. Sounds to me as if they expect Pelosi to utter the word and Trump go POOF! a minute later.

What I am hoping is that he has no clue the process has started, as long as Pelosi doesn't say it.

[beachbumbob]

5. When will people get serious in Washington?

How many contempt of congress charges? How many subpoenas been ignored? No repercussions and trump and his people laughing at us.

It's a sorry state.