Schiff Says Trump Impeachable, Nunes Poses Questions He Says Dems Will Ignore

(L-R) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) listen to testimony 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—Nothing more clearly illustrated the yawning gulf between Democrats and Republicans related to the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump than the opening statements of their leaders on the first day of public testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).

Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) left no doubt at the hearing’s outset that he believes Trump should be impeached. The key graph of Schiff’s statement came near the end: