Morning Jolt: The Impeachment Testimony’s Revelations about Biden and Burisma

Making the click-through worthwhile: What George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch said about Burisma and the Bidens; the DNC fears a widely respected journalist as a debate moderator; and a columnist who never saw partisanship in Eric Holder runs to the fainting couch over a speech from William Barr.

Did Hunter Biden’s Dealings with Bursima Affect Obama’s Ukraine Policy?

George Kent is the career diplomat who has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs since September 2018. In his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last week, he described the president's actions as "wrong for the rule of law," and for most news organizations, that was the big, and perhaps the only headline of note.

I'm not interested in defending the president using his personal lawyer to create a back channel to a foreign government about investigating a political rival, because that's not how we investigate crimes in this country. We have well-trained, well-funded, professional, experienced, nonpartisan, and legitimate law-enforcement agencies to handle those investigations. (Don't object to the term ...

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The Impeachment Testimony's Revelations about Biden and Burisma Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: What George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch said about Burisma and the Bidens; the DNC fears a widely respected journalist as a debate moderator; and a columnist who never saw partisanship in Eric Holder runs to the fainting couch over a speech from William Barr. Did Hunter Biden’s Dealings with Bursima Affect Obama’s Ukraine Policy? George Kent is the career diplomat who has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs since September 2018. In his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last week, he described the president's actions as "wrong for the rule of law," and for most news organizations, that was the big, and perhaps the only headline of note. I'm not interested in defending the president using his personal lawyer to create a back channel to a foreign government about investigating a political rival, because that's not how we investigate crimes in this country. We have well-trained, well-funded, professional, experienced, nonpartisan, and legitimate law-enforcement agencies to handle those investigations. (Don't object to the term ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The Impeachment Clock Victor Davis Hanson Schiff should hurry up; otherwise James Comey or Andrew McCabe might be indicted and smother his narrative. Horowitz is likely to have more criminal referrals, and Durham might well proceed with indictments. Enforce the Tax Laws We Already Have Robert VerBruggen How can the government get at more of the money it's owed? The big tricks are increased auditing, stronger reporting requirements, and better technology. Nunes Opens Impeachment Hearings by Attacking Media 'Puppets' for Inaccurate Trump Coverage Tobias Hoonhout "If you watched the impeachment hearings last week, you may have noticed a disconnect between what you actually saw and the mainstream media accounts describing it," Nunes said. ADVERTISEMENT Elizabeth Warren's Plan Nine from Outer Space Kyle Smith "EndTrafficViolence" makes sense as a slogan if you think of it as being dreamed up by not-bright middle-management extraterrestrials trying to figure out what a winning political slogan might be for idealistic Earthlings. Elizabeth Warren's 'Medicare for All' Debacle Rich Lowry Warren should have foreseen that proposing a ruinously expensive, enormously coercive health program would present political problems. Even Democratic-primary voters aren't fully sold on a Medicare for All plan that eliminates all private insurance. Decide Trump's Fate at the Ballot Box Jim Geraghty Punishing Trump by impeaching him would be wasteful and counterproductive. Instead, he should be voted out of office -- that's what elections are for. The Immoral Attack on Capitalism Kevin D. Williamson Capitalism is not a rival to the common good. Capitalism, meaning security in one's own property and in the right to work and to trade, is the common good that governments exist to secure. Two Manhattan Jail Workers Arrested over Death of Jeffrey Epstein Tobias Hoonhout The workers were arrested for falsifying records to cover up that they had fallen asleep instead of checking on Epstein, according to the New York Times. ADVERTISEMENT What NR Is Reading Ghost: My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent Michael R. McGowan & Ralph Pezzullo “An excellent look into the murky world of Undercover. McGowan proves to be one of the top UCAs in the FBI. A must read.” — Joseph Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco LEARN MORE Photo Essays Hong Kong Pastor Standoff at Hong Kong Polytechnic ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.