Trump Impeachment Inquiry 2nd week Public Hearings
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We ran the numbers: There are 1433 news articles covering this topic. 57% (817) are left leaning, 32% (463) center, 11% (153) right leaning.
The Trump impeachment inquiry continues its second week of public hearings with the House Intelligence committee. Left-leaning articles highlight information revealed from transcripts of last week’s depositions, while right-leaning articles focus on President Trump’s possible intent to testify in the impeachment inquiry.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post reports that on Monday, Democrats released transcripts of depositions from David Holmes, a senior political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs. The article highlights moments from Holmes’ testimony, including the fact that Holmes was “struck” by how the Ukrainians limited talk of investigations into Joe Biden and his son to informal diplomatic channels. Furthermore, Holmes stated that he expected U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland to tell investigators about the phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian President, and that there were significant security concerns about Sondland’s call to Trump.
NPR published a centrist-leaning article giving an overview of the first week of public hearings, which included testimonies from acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs George Kent, and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Looking forward, the article details what to expect on Tuesday hearings , which will include testimonies from top Ukraine specialist on the National Security Council Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, and former National Security Council aide Tim Morrison.
A right-leaning article byThe Daily Caller focuses on President Trump’s response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s suggestion on Sunday that the president should testify in the impeachment inquiry. In a tweet, Trump stated, “Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!”
From the right
Trump suggests he’ll ‘consider’ testifying in impeachment inquiry despite refusal to cooperate
Daily Caller