“Democrats in Washington would rather pursue outrageous hoaxes and delusional witch hunts, which are going absolutely nowhere. But in 1974 Richard Nixon resigned in the face of certain impeachment and removal from office for the Watergate scandal. Hearings are expected to be fiery as a series of government officials take the stand to testify on Trump’s Ukraine machinations during the middle of this year. But they also show that Trump’s sizable voter base, which delivered his shock victory in 2016, rejects the allegations. Republicans have accused the soft-spoken and prosecutorial Schiff of an unfair and unconstitutional process, and they have attacked witnesses as biased against the president.

Source: Manila Times November 13, 2019 16:13 UTC