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0:08 – Impeachment Watch: what to expect in week 2 of impeachment hearings, Trump’s intimidation of the witness, how the public is divided in response to the impeachment inquiry, and more – with our colleague, Mitch Jeserich. 0:34 – The City of Oakland brutally swept another homeless encampment last week, this time on E 12th … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Debriefing Trump impeachment hearings – Day 1 The House holds the first open hearings as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, with two witnesses: Ambassador William Taylor, the Chargé D’affaires for the U.S. State Department in Ukraine and Secretary George Kent, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Public impeachment hearings are set to open tomorrow, featuring William Taylor, a former ambassador and the top US diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a deputy assistant Secretary of State. Mitch joins us to discuss context and the issues at play, ahead of the historic impeachment proceedings. 0:34 – Christopher W … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Mitch is back from Capitol Hill KPFA’s Mitch Jeserich join us in-studio with reflections on covering Capitol Hill, what political partisanship looks like in the Trump era, and the latest on the impeachment inquiry. Public hearings will begin Wednesday November 13th, join us for special live broadcast of the proceedings starting … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich Today is the last day of House hearings on impeachment: White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney was subpoenaed and called to testify, but did not show up. Over 10 people were called to give depositions this week, and only 2 showed up. The … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich Today is the second to last day of House hearings on impeachment, and under major media scrutiny – John Bolton did not appear. Two others did testify: first, Jennifer Williams, the top aid of Vice President Mike Pence on what his offices knew. Then, … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich Today on Capitol Hill, House Committees will hear testimony from David Hale, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Transcripts from Michael McKinley’s testimony this week reveal more on what happened inside the State Department, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s role in the … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich Depositions were scheduled to continue today, but for the second day this week, Trump officials have failed to appear. Thursday former National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to appear, but its doubtful he’ll show up. Sean Duffy, with the Office of Management and … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich Depositions were scheduled to continue today, but four White House officials close to the President, that were subpoenaed by House Democrats did not show up: Trump lawyer John Eisenberg who moved the call transcript to a private server, associate counsel Michael Ellis, and Robert Blair … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) is host of Letters and Politics, at 10am on KPFA and affiliated Pacifica stations. He joins us from Washington where he’s covering the impeachment inquiry from Capitol Hill. 0:34 – KPFA News: In Fresno, video’s been released of a police officer shooting unarmed … Continued
