As Washington gears up this week for the public phase of the impeachment inquiry, one group is largely tuning it out: Senate Republicans.
Several GOP senators say they either won’t watch the highly anticipated public hearings or haven’t been reading the steady release of transcripts from the House’s closed-door depositions with current and former administration officials.
The reasons vary — some say they don’t have enough time, while others say they distrust the House process. But the decision to disengage underscores the divide between the two sides of the Capitol: on one, impeachment appears all but inevitable; on the other, the potential jury is hanging back, for now.
View the complete November 10 article by Jordain Carney on The Hill website here.