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Watch Fox News’ Bret Baier Say Trump’s Tweet Just Added an Article of Impeachment in Real Time
The dramatic moment during Friday’s House Impeachment hearing in which Rep. Adam Schiff read out Donald Trump’s tweet blasting former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in real time — with Yovanovitch saying she finds the tweet “very intimidating” — may have amounted to an on-the-spot article of impeachment, according to one Fox News anchor.
Weighing in immediately after the hearing went to recess, Fox anchor Bret Baier said that the president gave Schiff ammunition in real time on Friday morning with the attack.
“That enabled Schiff to then characterize that tweet as intimidating the witness, or tampering with the witness, which is a crime, adding essentially an article of impeachment in real-time as this hearing is going on,” Baier said.
The Fox anchor went on to opine that that entire nature of Friday’s hearing will change as a result of the Trump tweet — with Republicans now forced to defend, or walk back, the president’s comments.
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“That changed this entire dynamic of this first part of this hearing,” Baier said. “And Republicans now are going to have to take the rest of this hearing to probably try to clean that up.”
Wow. Fox News' Bret Baier says that Trump's tweets attacking Yovanovitch could be construed as witness intimidation and hence "adding essentially an article of impeachment in real time as this hearing is going on." pic.twitter.com/7IiDQ1xriP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
Yovanovitch, who was recalled from her post as ambassador this year, was testifying as part of the House’s impeachment probe into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
Fellow Fox host Chris Wallace also said Friday that Yovanovitch’s testimony was “very powerful” and that those who aren’t moved by it “don’t have a pulse.”
FOX NEWS' CHRIS WALLACE: "If you are not moved by the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch today, you don't have a pulse." pic.twitter.com/KKDbeGngX8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
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