After Weeks of Hearings, Impeachment Evidence Still Limited to Hearsay and Presumptions

Fiona Hill, the former top Russia expert on the National Security Council, and David Holmes, a State Department official stationed at the US Embassy in Ukraine arrive to testify during the House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on November 21, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. lawmakers conducting the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry have yet to discover any direct evidence of the central allegation against President Donald Trump, even after a parade of witnesses and weeks of depositions and hearings.

The leader of the inquiry, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), has long alleged that Trump sought to boost his reelection chances by withholding foreign aid from Ukraine to pressure the nation’s leader to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.