On the fourth day of public impeachment hearings, U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland took questions from the ranking members of the intelligence committee and their lawyers. Sondland testified that there was a quid pro quo arrangement Trump was pushing for. CONT. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Ipsos/FiveThirtyEight panel survey: Most Americans Think Trump Committed An Impeachable Offense
… The initial wave of our survey found that even before articles of impeachment against Trump have been drafted, 56 percent of Americans agree that he has committed an impeachable offense. … The survey also indicated, crucially, that a significant chunk of Americans are still persuadable when it comes to […] Read more »
Framing the Next Step on Impeachment
Most Americans continue to support impeachment, while even more suspect the President of wrongdoing. Support for impeachment may grow if progressives elevate the right validators and emphasize the right facts. CONT. Navigator Research Read more »
Nancy Pelosi’s Predictions for Impeachment
Nancy Pelosi wants you to know that the House Democratic leadership has not committed to impeaching President Donald Trump—notwithstanding the muscle she’s thrown behind the inquiry, or tomorrow’s vote on how its next stage will proceed. “We have not made any decision to impeach,” the House speaker insisted during a […] Read more »
Can anything move public opinion on impeachment and removal?
This week the legal and constitutional momentum for Donald Trump’s impeachment accelerated while the political momentum stalled. … In early October, most polls showed an increase in support for impeaching and removing the president. But those same polls show that most of the movement for impeachment and removal occurred among […] Read more »
All roads lead to Putin: This week in impeachment
The impeachment inquiry into President Trump reached what we may look back on as a turning point this week. Congress returned to work, a parade of witnesses defied the White House to testify, the ongoing crisis in Syria produced a 354 to 60 vote against the president’s action that included […] Read more »