What Went Down On Day 1 Of The Impeachment Hearings

Haha of course I did.

If the goal for Republicans is to defend the president on the merits — as opposed to the process — there wasn’t much of note in the Nunes opening statement. Republicans on the committee remain more comfortable attacking Democrats than defending the president, at least for now.

“An impeachment process in search of a crime” is how Nunes ends his opening statement. A nice little underlining of the Republican line. Of course, Democrats would argue that it’s more a pattern of an abuse of power …