" Schiff was cool, forensic, quoting witness statements and established facts, outlining what he saw as the key questions before Congress and the American people.
The outcome of the impeachment process, Schiff said, would affect "not only the future of this presidency but the future of the presidency itself, and what kind of conduct or misconduct the American people may come to expect from their commander-in-chief".
Nunes was indignant and blustery, sweat pri@cking at his brow as he reeled off a litany of supposed plots, conspiracies and low conniving by everyone except the person the members were there to investigate the president of the United States.
The Democrats, he charged, were "the last people on Earth with the credibility to hurl more preposterous accusations at their political opponents". They were waging a "scorched-earth war" in a "cult-like atmosphere" and putting witnesses through "Star Chamber" interrogations before deciding if they were fit for prime-time exposure."* The Guardian
* Nunes' opening statement embodied the following adage:
If you don't have the law, pound the facts. If you don't have the facts, pound the law. If you don't have the law or the facts, pound the table.
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