House Republicans storm closed-door Trump impeachment hearing in SCIF

NEW YORK POST, by Bob Fredericks and Nikki Schwab — October 23, 2019

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Fed up with the lack of public access to an impeachment inquiry they likened to a “Soviet-style process,” dozens of House Republicans stormed into a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing, refused to leave — and even ordered pizza.

The pro-Trump lawmakers, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, barged into the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, where Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper was preparing to give a deposition.

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“Voting members of Congress are being denied access from being able to see what’s happening behind these closed doors, where they’re trying to impeach the president of the United States with a one-sided set of rules. They call the witnesses,” declared Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), who later ordered Dominos pizza for reporters and New York-style pies from a shop called We the Pizza for lawmakers.

“This is a Soviet-style process. It should not be allowed in the United States of America,” Scalise went on. “Every member of Congress ought to be allowed in that room. The press ought to be allowed in that room.”

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