Sole Republican witness allowed by Democrats says ‘impeachment case can be made’

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The first Republican-requested impeachment witness is unlikely to defend President Trump but can be counted on to scold Democrats whose “blind rush” he says undercuts a serious case to impeach and convict Trump.

Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor, is likely the best-known member of a four-professor Wednesday panel of the House Judiciary Committee. He’s far from a partisan Trump defender but was the only witness Republicans were allowed to request.

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