This Week's Impeachment Inquiry Hearing Is Already Kind Of A Mess
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Neither Hunter Biden nor Devon Archer, one of Republicans’ top witnesses, will appear at Wednesday’s hearing.
WASHINGTON — The top two witnesses Republicans wanted won’t to call for Wednesday’s impeachment inquiry hearing won’t be there after all, and a third will have to do so from federal prison.
Democrats, meanwhile, announced Tuesday they had invited Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American with extensive knowledge of Republican efforts to dig up fake dirt on Joe Biden, to be their expert witness.
In short: The hearing is already a bit of a mess.
The impeachment inquiry itself, of course, has also been a bit of a mess, as Republicans have struggled to substantiate corruption allegations against the president.
Republicans had hoped the president’s son, Hunter Biden, would testify this week alongside former business associates Devon Archer, Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis, all of whom have previously spoken to lawmakers in formal interviews behind closed doors. (Galanis was interviewed at a federal facility in Alabama where he’s serving 14 years for fraud.)
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