The Democrats’ Biggest Impeachment Challenge
Because every witness and even the president are telling essentially the same story about Ukraine, the suspense has gone out of the inquiry.
by David A. Graham
Nov 08, 2019
3 minutes
Anyone who’s ever seen a CSI episode, read an Agatha Christie novel, or white-knuckled their way through a thriller in a movie theater understands that the key element of such stories is suspense. At the most basic level, there’s a crime, no one knows whodunit, and someone has to crack the case. It’s the suspense that keeps readers and watchers engaged, searching for the clinching evidence.
This time-honored formula also underscores the perverse challenge that House Democrats now face: Their investigation is going so seamlessly that there’s hardly any suspense at all.
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