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Three dozen Republican lawmakers not on the House Intelligence Committee are demanding transparency from Democrats; Griff Jenkins reports on the altercation. #FoxNews

I love how the “highly irregular” channel is composed of all the people schiff has questioned that didn’t give him what he wanted.

The words “Democrat” and “intelligence” should not be used in the same sentence.

Impeach for what? just leave the president to do his job, we’re tired of all these nonsense.

2:43 “this is my most disturbing day in congress for me” No, congressman, your failure to be re-elected will be.

The democrats are acting like a tyrannical government! SEE SECOND AMENDMENT!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Fishing expedition by Schiff and dem leaders. Dem leaders looking for that digrunteled fed employee to exploit. And in Washington d.c. not hard to find. Shut this kangaroo court down!!!!

The solution is very easy, when the dems are inside the room, you must lock the door permanently.

GOP Lawmakers Storm Secretive Impeachment Hearing In Capitol Basement; Demand Transparency

By Tyler Durden/ ZeroHedge

A group of House Republicans stormed a closed-door impeachment inquiry hearing Wednesday morning to lodge a protest against the secretive deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, The Hill reports. 

“They crashed the party,” said Rep. Harley Rouda (D-CA), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, one of three House panels participating in the impeachment probe. 

Dozens of Republicans, including some members of leadership, barged into the secure hearing room in the Capitol basement where Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, was providing private testimony.

Several lawmakers said that, in response to the Republican protest, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) had left the room with Cooper, postponing the interview indefinitely. -The Hill

According to Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rep. Adam Schiff ssaid “nothing” when the members sat down. 

Rep. Mark Walker✔@RepMarkWalker

UPDATE: We are in the SCIF and every GOP Member is quietly listening.

Meanwhile, Adam Schiff, clearly peeved that he will no longer be able to hide his impeachment sham, is threatening Ethics punishment for all of us.

His fake intimidation can’t hide his lies–Open the process!

8:51 AM – Oct 23, 2019

“He doesn’t have the guts to come talk to us,” said Marshall. “He left, he just got up and left. He doesn’t have the guts to tell us why we can’t come in the room, why he doesn’t want this to be transparent. It’s the biggest facade, biggest farce of my life.“

Olivia Beavers✔@Olivia_Beavers

Republicans trying to “storm the SCIF”

7:03 AM – Oct 23, 2019

Schiff then reportedly threatened GOP members with ethics violations after 25 Republican lawmakers remained in the room, per Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), adding that the Democrats’ impeachment probe has “far too much fact for their comfort level, so they have to try to stop it from moving forward.” (So much fact, in fact, that they have to conduct the probe in secret!)

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The move by House Republicans comes a day after another witness, top diplomat William Taylor, testified that Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure the country to conduct a pair of investigations — one into the 2016 election hacking, the other into the family of former Vice President Joe Biden — that might have helped Trump’s reelection campaign next year.

Some of Republicans who barged into the hearing room were in possession of cellphones, a violation of the rules governing the so-called sensitive compartmented information facility, known as the SCIF, where the depositions have been taking place.

Wassermann Schultz said Cooper was not in the room at the time the Republicans entered. It’s unclear, she added, what will happen next in terms of Cooper’s testimony. -The Hill

“We want this to continue,” said Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), who added that Republicans aren’t trying to stop the hearing. 

“We want to hear from this witness but so do the other members of Congress,” Stewart continued. “This may be within House rules, that’s not the question. The question is, is it a good idea to try and impeach the president in secret hearings.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gop-lawmakers-storm-secretive-impeachment-hearing-capitol-basement-demand-transparency