The House impeachment hearings have ended and, after a parade of witnesses, we’ve come to learn what we already knew. In the simple words of Rep. Denny Heck, “The president did it.”
It was always going to be hard to come to any other conclusion after the release of the telephone “transcript” of the conversation between Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky. The smoking gun was never going to come out of the impeachment hearings as it was already revealed in Act One of this national tragedy.
But many did learn of something new … the impressive ability and smarts of the man chosen by Nancy Pelosi to be the face of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings, Adam Schiff.
The Stanford graduate and Harvard-trained lawyer ran the hearings like the consummate professional that he is. He was cool, calm and collected at all times, even when Republicans on the committee tried to rattle him with useless points of order and requests. Schiff kept order over hearings that many feared could devolve into a TV spectacle; a circus.
For those who did not get the chance to see Chairman Schiff in action, here is a video of his closing statement made at today’s final public hearing:
Video | youtube/pbsnewshour
Photo | nationalreview.com/REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
One would think that if lying to Congress like Bill Clinton did was an indisputably impeachable offense, then refusing to testify before Congress would be indisputably impeachable also.
The right man, at the right time. Thank you for your leadership and patriotism, Mr. Schiff.