Sunday shows — Nadler: A jury would convict Trump in 'three minutes flat'

Presented by Johnson & Johnson | View in your browser     Nadler: A jury would convict Trump in 'three minutes flat' By REBECCA KLAR   House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he is confident in the case against President Trump ahead of a vote on impeachment.  “We have a very rock-solid case,” Nadler said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”  “I think the case we have if presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat,” he added.  Read the full story here     Trump will do everything to make sure 2020 is 'not a fair election,' Nadler says BY REBECCA KLAR   House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that President Trump would push to make the 2020 election unfair if he is acquitted of articles of impeachment in Congress. Read the full story here     Key Democrat says House should focus on Ukraine, avoid Mueller report in articles of impeachment By JUSTINE COLEMAN   Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said the House Democrats should focus on the Ukraine controversy and avoid the Mueller report when drafting articles of impeachment. Read the full story here     Judiciary Democrat: 'This is a classic example of an impeachable offense' By ZACK BUDRYK   Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said Sunday that the evidence unearthed by the House’s impeachment inquiry showed “a classic example of an impeachable offense.”  Read the full story here     'I don't see a single Republican defecting on impeachment,' Meadows says BY ZACK BUDRYK    House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Sunday was skeptical that any of his fellow House Republicans would vote for impeaching President Trump, saying he considered Democratic defections more likely. Read the full story here     Meadows says Republican colleagues 'wrong' for suggesting Trump's phone call was inappropriate BY REBECCA KLAR   Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Sunday said a pair of his Republican colleagues who took issue with President Trump's July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president were wrong to suggest there was anything improper in the communication. Read the full story here     Gaetz defends Ukraine call: Trump acted on 'sincere' concerns of corruption BY JUSTINE COLEMAN   “I think the president was acting on a sincere, longly held view and skepticism of foreign aid," Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said. "I think he was acting on concern about Ukraine being the third most corrupt country in the world."  Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT - JOHNSON & JOHNSON     We’re tackling America’s urgent health issues by fighting HIV and cancer, restoring normal heart rhythms, relieving depression and making personalized joint replacements. Read our latest Health for Humanity Report. .       Cruz on House impeachment inquiry: 'This is 'kangaroo court' By REBECCA KLAR    Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday dismissed the allegations House Democrats have made against President Trump and characterized the continuing impeachment inquiry as a baseless partisan attack. Read the full story here     Schiff: Blowback to obtaining phone records 'has only come from the far right' BY ZACK BUDRYK    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday defended obtaining phone records in the House’s impeachment inquiry, saying only “the far right” has raised objections. Read the full story here     Pentagon chief says he's ordered review of foreign nationals exchange programs after Pensacola shooting By ZACK BUDRYK   Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Sunday said the Pentagon will review the vetting process for an exchange program for foreign nationals that admitted a Saudi military officer who allegedly killed three people in an attack on the naval base in Pensacola, Fla. Read the full story here     Florida Republican says Pensacola shooting 'has to inform on our ongoing relationship with Saudi Arabia' BY JUSTINE COLEMAN    “Of course, what happened in Pensacola has to inform on our ongoing relationship with Saudi Arabia,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said. “That is the message I directly delivered to the Saudi ambassador when she called to offer her condolences.”  Read the full story here       Booker on Harris dropping out: 'Iowa voters should have the right to choose' BY JUSTINE COLEMAN    Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Iowa voters, not big money, should have determined whether Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was able to remain in the presidential race.  Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.