| | | | Why Wednesday's impeachment hearings will be different |  | | The House Intelligence Committee released its report on its findings (read that here) which means the Judiciary Committee now takes control of the impeachment process. Wednesday's impeachment hearings will be completely different from the ones we saw last month in a few significant ways:
* The format: Wednesday's hearing won't have any flashy testimony with new, juicy details emerging. Instead, four constitutional law professors are headed to the halls of Congress, where they'll talk about impeachment's constitutional context. They'll define key phrases like obstruction of justice and high crimes and misdemeanors.
The White House cited the differences in format when it declined to participate in Wednesday's hearing, saying "an academic discussion cannot retroactively fix and irretrievably broken process."
* The committee: For starters, they're held by an entirely different committee (the House Judiciary Committee rather than the House Intelligence Committee), therefore different members.
You'll see some familiar Republican faces on the Judiciary Committee, including Reps. Jim Jordan and Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe. Both contributed to testy moments during the Intel hearings -- and will likely repeat them in this installment of hearings.
Look for bluster from ranking member Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, who wants to call Schiff to testify. "If he chooses not to, then I really question his veracity and what he's putting in his report," Collins said on Fox News Sunday. "I question the motives of why he's doing it."
There will also be more outspoken members on the left, including committee chair Jerry Nadler. Speaking of ...
* The leadership: Intelligence Committee Chair Jerry Nadler cuts an entirely different profile than Judiciary Chair Adam Schiff. Nadler has been a vocal supporter of not just beginning the impeachment inquiry, but of actually impeaching President Trump, since before the process began.
The Point: The impeachment hearings are back, but this will be an entirely different show.
-- Lauren | | "I'm doing very well on a deal on China if I want to make it. ... It's if I want to make it … you're going to find out pretty soon. We'll surprise everybody."
-- President Trump on a possible trade deal with China. He sent the stock market diving after saying a trade deal might not happen until after the 2020 election. | | | THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD SHRINKS | | Kamala Harris has dropped out of the presidential race.
Despite qualifying for the December debate stage, the California senator said she doesn't have the financial resources to continue in the race.
"I'm not a billionaire. I can't fund my own campaign. And as the campaign has gone on, it's become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete," Harris wrote in a letter to supporters.
Harris may have left the campaign trail but she'll likely stay in the political spotlight as the impeachment trial moves to the Senate early next year. | | | "Dance Monkey" from Australian singer Tones and I is kind of ridiculous and a total earworm. Enjoy. | | INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY THEORIES | |  | Trump and the GOP have a Ukraine conspiracy theory | | Chris explains how these false narratives are dangerously entering the American political sphere.
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LAUREN'S CAMPAIGN TRAIL LATEST | | Pete Buttigieg: Made his first statewide ad buy in South Carolina with a cool $2 million.
Joe Biden: Said Pete Buttigieg "stole" his health care plan, while speaking on a "No Malarkey" bus tour through Iowa.
Michael Bloomberg: Attended a roundtable on criminal justice in Mississippi on Tuesday.
John Delaney: Can assure you he's not dropping out of the race yet. | | | | | | |
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