GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans said on Friday [11-8-19] they are moving U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, one of President Donald Trump’s most tenacious defenders, onto the congressional committee that will hold public hearings next week on Trump’s possible impeachment. Republicans are temporarily moving aside a current member of the panel to make space for the Ohio lawmaker on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, in an unusual step that heralded the seriousness of the situation for Trump and his party. Republicans disparage the impeachment inquiry run by majority Democrats in the House as a bogus partisan show. But with public, televised hearings starting on Wednesday, Republicans want someone in the arena who can mount a strong defense of Trump.”
–Susan Cornwell, “Republicans tap close Trump ally to serve on impeachment panel,” Reuters, November 8, 2019 10:38 am