Fresh Take Fridays – State Rep. Sydney Batch & Scott Cooper

In light of pressing national news, this event will include a discussion on last week’s decision by the U.S. House of Representatives to initiative an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. For more information on the impeachment inquiry, here are some recent articles and op-eds:

“How to Win Republican Support for Impeachment”
Elizabeth Drew, The New York Times

“Impeachment Rules Say Senate Must Act, but Its Act Might be a Swift Dismissal”
Carl Hulse, The New York Times

“State Department Draws More Scrutiny in Trump Impeachment Probe”
Rebecca Ballhaus, Jessica Donati, and Dustin Volz, The Wall Street Journal

“Trump’s Anti-Impeachment Strategy Is Materializing — and It Could Work”
Henry Olsen, The Washington Post

“’We’re Not Fooling Around’: House Democrats Vow to Subpoena White House
Nicholas Fandos and Peter Baker, The New York Times

“What’s the Matter With Republicans?”
Peter Wehner, The New York Times

“Embracing President Mike Pence Might Be GOP’s Best Play”
B.J. Rudell, The Hill

“Tweets, Threats and Truth”
Mike Allen, Axios

“Grassley Breaks With Trump Over Protecting Whistleblower”
Burgess Everett, Politico

“The Dangerous Position of William Barr”
David Rohde, New Yorker