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House Republicans to hold 1st Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

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Four witnesses will testify as the panel presents findings uncovered to date. House Republicans on Thursday will hold the first public hearing in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The hearing before the House Oversight Committee will start at 10 a.m. ET and will feature four witnesses, three called by Republicans. Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said the focus will be to present findings from months of GOP-led investigations -- with the overall goal of explaining why an inquiry is warranted. He claims House Republicans have "uncovered an overwhelming amount of evidence showing President Joe Biden abused his public office for his family's financial gain." But so far, Re public ans haven't produced direct evidence to back up their claims that Biden was involved in or personally profited from his family's foreign Business dealings, or that he improperly i NFL uenced policy based on them when he served as vice president. "Americans demand and de...

Special counsel, Trump attorneys due back in court for key hearing on handling of classified information

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Donald Trump's lawyers and the special counsel in the classified documents probe will meet for a key hearing Tuesday on how classified materials will be handled at trial. Former President Donald Trump's attorneys and the special counsel who indicted him over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House are set to convene in federal court Tuesday for a key hearing on how classified materials will be shared between the parties as the case moves towards trial. While the hearing is mostly a routine conference in the pretrial process for any case involving classified information, special counsel Jack Smith's office described it in a recent filing as a "crucial step" in their prosecution of Trump and his codefendant, longtime aide Walt Nauta. At the top of the agenda will be hashing out how the national security law known as the Classified Information Procedures Act, or CIPA, will impact the case in the months ahead -- balancing Trump and Nauta...