Rep. Chris Stewart made a bold prediction about the public hearing phase of the impeachment inquiry on Thursday, saying he believes support for impeachment will drop because Democrats aren’t making their case.
“I think next week when we have had maybe half a dozen of these hearings where people will be able to listen to it, I think the American support for impeachment actually goes down,” said Stewart on Fox Business Network. “I think it will be measurably down because most Americans will listen to this and go, ‘That’s all there is?'”
The current impeachment inquiry was launched after President Donald Trump was accused of withholding military aid for Ukraine unless their government agreed to launch an investigation into Joe Biden and son, Hunter.
“There are no gotcha moments. There are no bombshells, there are no surprises. People think this is going to be like Watergate. They expect John Dean to crawl out of some closet somewhere and jump out and really grab people’s attention. It’s not going to happen,” he predicted.
Stewart, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, repeated the oft-made criticism that none of the witnesses called by Democrats have first-hand knowledge of President Trump’s interactions with the president of Ukraine.
“There’s so much of this that’s so weak. The fact we’re talking about second and third hand information in almost every instance,” he said.
Next week, the House Intelligence Committee will hear testimony from Gordon Sonland, the Ambassador to the European Union, who does possess first-hand knowledge of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, is scheduled to testify next week.
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