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    As Impeachment Hearings Go Public Next Week, Rep. Raskin Says House Is Moving 'At The Speed Of Democ

    Representative Jamie Raskin says the impeachment inquiry is moving “at an amazingly rapid clip” now.
    Nov 06, 2019 5 minutes
    Rep. Jamie Raskin talks to the media after attending a meeting with the House Democratic caucus one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Democrats will start an impeachment injury. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

    Democrats in the House of Representatives have announced they will move into the public phase of the impeachment inquiry next week, following revised testimony this week from a key witness now admitting to what he calls a “quid pro quo.”

    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced that the public hearings will begin with Ambassador William Taylor’s testimony next Wednesday. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent will also answer questions publicly.

    On Friday, Nov. 15, former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch will testify.

    Representative Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who sits on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, says the inquiry is moving “at an amazingly rapid clip” now.

    “We’re basically moving at the speed of democracy,” he tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson. “Public sentiment is really focusing on what took place.”

    Raskin says he and his colleagues feel “a

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