New York Democrat gets each witness in impeachment inquiry to admit they have no firsthand evidence of a crime committed

Questioning witnesses in the first impeachment hearing staged by House Republicans, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prompted each to say they were not presenting “firsthand witness accounts” of crimes committed by Joe Biden.

The New York Democrat also accused Republicans of fabricating supposed evidence of corruption involving the president and his surviving son, Hunter Biden.

Republicans on the House oversight committee called three witnesses, Democrats one.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
    4·
    1 year ago

    I wonder why the Dems didn’t present his testimony. If it’s exculpatory, they had a duty to present him as part of a best-defence kind of duty.

    Unless there’s some gamesmanship or something in his testimony fucks with the case unduly, the Dems are usually smart enough to bring all barrels to bear, and the omission is odd.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      They tried. The GOP stopped it for reasons that a small child could understand.

      Raskin and other Democrats introduced a motion to issue subpoenas to Giuliani and an associate, Lev Parnas, to come testify. Republicans voted it down.