Tuesday's impeachment hearings were a "great day for Republicans," President Trump tweeted—but many analysts disagree. After Lt. Col Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams, a Mike Pence aide, testified in the morning, the House Intelligence Committee heard from Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Timothy Morrison, a senior director on the National Security Council. Both witnesses were requested by Republicans, who saw them as favorable, but their testimony was not seen as seriously damaging to the case for impeachment. More:
- Testimony "didn't help Trump." Volker—who defended Joe Biden in his opening statement—and Morrison did little to help Trump's case, though both men said nobody at the White House asked them to bribe anybody, writes Russell Berman at the Atlantic. "What the two witnesses presented to lawmakers, however, was consistent with the testimony that’s been delivered in the House for the past week—that Trump’s demand for an investigation of Biden was at best unusual and inappropriate, and perhaps much worse," he writes.