On Tuesday, House impeachment investigators got a huge piece of the puzzle tying President Trump to a quid pro quo involving withholding military aid to Ukraine for investigations of Joe Biden, and Trump's allies "jumped to his defense," Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday's Late Show. One of them claimed on Fox News that "abuse of power is not a crime" — Colbert said a quick Google search showed it's definitely a crime.
But mostly "the GOP's having so much trouble defending Trump's behavior that today, instead of addressing any of the charges, House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process," Colbert said. "It's like when you're on the debate team and the other side is really strong in the cross-examination, so for your counterpoint, you set fire to their coach."
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