What Went Down On Day 1 Of The Impeachment Hearings

A couple of lines of attack to watch out for as Republicans begin their defense of Trump: 1) the process is unfair to Trump; 2) all of these witnesses’ knowledge is secondhand or thirdhand; 3) Trump’s communications with Zelensky were perfectly normal.

So, we’re off the the races with Nunes, who is doing another opening statement sort of deal here, saying that the “transcript” (as he is calling it; it’s really more of a summary) of Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine describes a benign interaction between two foreign leaders.

And we’re back. Nunes opening the Republicans’ line of inquiry.