Republicans delay impeachment

Whead by marching uninvited into

It is a violation of US House rules to enter SCIFs — secure facilities designed to prevent electronic eavesdropping — without permission, and concerns were raised that lawmakers were committing serious security breaches by entering with their mobile

Some of the Republican encroachers apparently began tweet

“I led over 30 of my colleagues into the SCIF where (House Intelligence Committee Chairman) Adam Schiff is holding secret

inside — more details to come,” tweeted congressman Matt Gaetz,

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote the sergeant at arms, complaining that lawmakers blatantly breached security by “intentionally” bringing their electronic devices into

“As such I am requesting you take action with respect to the members involved in the breach,”

The sit-in delayed the deposition of Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of defense responsible for

Cooper began testifying later in the afternoon, a staffer told Agence

Steve Scalise, joined the protest, saying lawmakers were being denied access as Democrats were “trying to impeach the president of the United States with a

All members of the three House committees conducting the investigation, including more than 40 House Republicans — among them Vice President Mike Pence’s brother, congressman Greg Pence — are permitted to attend the depositions and ques

Several of those with full access to the hearing actually joined other Republicans in the protest, arguing that the impeachment process deserves more transparency

Republicans opposed to the impeachment process have settled on the new strategy of attacking the process itself, claiming it is invalid because the House has not

impeachment inquiry, and that it

Taylor delivered a withering deposition Tuesday that some Democrats have described as the

Number two Senate Republican

John Thune acknowledged that the picture painted by the envoy according to reports was “not a

In a 15- page opening statement to lawmakers, Taylor provided extensive details of how Trump sought to withhold US military aid to exert pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch an investigation of his political

Taylor said in his statement that the US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, told him that “’everything’ was dependent on such an announcement,

“Bill Taylor gave a devastating opening statement yesterday, they’re freaked out, [and] they’re trying to stop this investigation,” Democratic congressman Ted Lieu