Televised impeachment hearings are Democrats' chance for a Mueller do-over

TV helped make Donald Trump. TV can also take him down.

Robert Mueller and Bill Taylor.
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Next week, the House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public impeachment hearings — nationally televised events that will give Americans their first chance to hear from Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, as well as current Europe adviser George Kent and ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. The trio have already given explosive testimony behind closed doors, but American political history shows there's nothing like television to sell an impeachment drama — or stop it dead in its tracks.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a freelance writer who has spent nine years as a syndicated columnist, co-writing the RedBlueAmerica column as the liberal half of a point-counterpoint duo. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic, The Kansas City Star and Heatmap News. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.