Democrat, GOP Impeachment Counsels Are Polar Opposites Sharing the Spotlight

Democratic Counsel Daniel Goldman questions top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. as Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) listens during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 13, 2019. Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Most of the cross-examination of witnesses during the House impeachment hearings will be done by two men—Daniel S. Goldman for the Democrats and Stephen R. Castor for the Republicans—who could hardly be more different in their backgrounds and professional careers.

Goldman is a product of the Eastern liberal elite, having attended Sidwell Friends School in the nation’s capital, then going on to Yale for his undergraduate work and earning a law degree from Stanford. He is an intensely fervent anti-Trumper.