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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Watch GOP Lawmakers Storm Secretive Impeachment Hearing In Capitol Basement Update: According to Bloomberg, President Trump knew of the GOP lawmakers' plan to barge into the secure hearing room on Capitol Hill where Democrats are holding secretive impeachment hearings. On Tuesday, Trump met with approximately 30 House Republicans at the White House for two hours to discuss the situation in Syria as well as the impeachment inquiry. During the meeting, the lawmakers shared their plans to storm the basement testimony - an action which Trump supported, adding that he wants the transcripts released because they will exonerate him. Scott Thuman Verified account @ScottThuman WATCH: here's the video of when 2 dozen GOP members, led by @mattgaetz entered the secure hearing room (SCIF) to interrupt witness testimony in the #ImpeachmentInquiry as they demand access, despite not being committee members. They're complaining it's a "Soviet-style process". Scott Thuman Verified account @ScottThuman While they definitely intended to disrupt proceedings and raised their voices (I was there--I shot this video) 'stormed the room' may be a bit too dramatic a description as you can see. Scott Thuman “This is a Soviet-style impeachment process” dozens of GOP members argue before an attempt to enter the closed hearing room on #impeachmentinquiry Rep. Alex Mooney ✔ @RepAlexMooney BREAKING--> My report from inside the SCIF hearing room where we are exposing Adam Schiff's secret so-called impeachment inquiry. Ian Miles Cheong ✔ @stillgray Buddy Carter speaks out on the impeachment "If a government can do this to the President of the United States they can do this to you as well. This needs to stop, it needs to stop right now. We need open government. This is the United States of America." A group of House Republicans stormed a closed-door impeachment inquiry hearing Wednesday morning to lodge a protest against the secretive deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine, The Hill reports. "They crashed the party," said Rep. Harley Rouda (D-CA), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, one of three House panels participating in the impeachment probe. Dozens of Republicans, including some members of leadership, barged into the secure hearing room in the Capitol basement where Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, was providing private testimony. Several lawmakers said that, in response to the Republican protest, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) had left the room with Cooper, postponing the interview indefinitely. -The Hill Rep. Mark Walker ✔ @RepMarkWalker UPDATE: We are in the SCIF and every GOP Member is quietly listening. Meanwhile, Adam Schiff, clearly peeved that he will no longer be able to hide his impeachment sham, is threatening Ethics punishment for all of us. His fake intimidation can’t hide his lies–Open the process! Schiff then reportedly threatened GOP members with ethics violations after 25 Republican lawmakers remained in the room, per Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), adding that the Democrats' impeachment probe has "far too much fact for their comfort level, so they have to try to stop it from moving forward." (So much fact, in fact, that they have to conduct the probe in secret!) The move by House Republicans comes a day after another witness, top diplomat William Taylor, testified that Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure the country to conduct a pair of investigations — one into the 2016 election hacking, the other into the family of former Vice President Joe Biden — that might have helped Trump's reelection campaign next year. Some of Republicans who barged into the hearing room were in possession of cellphones, a violation of the rules governing the so-called sensitive compartmented information facility, known as the SCIF, where the depositions have been taking place. Wassermann Schultz said Cooper was not in the room at the time the Republicans entered. It's unclear, she added, what will happen next in terms of Cooper's testimony. -The Hill "We want this to continue," said Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), who added that Republicans aren't trying to stop the hearing. "We want to hear from this witness but so do the other members of Congress," Stewart continued. "This may be within House rules, that’s not the question. The question is, is it a good idea to try and impeach the president in secret hearings." Poster Comment: Videos at source. They are just exposing the secretive process which has investigations without cross examination and verification of allegations and indictment is by press release. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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