Devon Nunes is quoted as saying today: “We have records showing Democrats were heavily involved with Ukraine in 2106.” What records? For there seems to be no records and no truth in this conspiracy theory. Nunes did not display the “records” because they are either imaginary or are LPs made by a country and western group visiting Ukraine. What is quite likely is that Nunes himself doesn’t believe what he is saying. He traveled to Europe in 2018 with three aides (he must travel with a lot of luggage) to try, through connections provided by Mr. Lev Parnas, to create some substance for the Ukrainians Conspiracy make-believe. Looks like he found nothing but the “records” to which he alluded today. Chris Cilizza makes the excellent point that Nunes is not addressing the Committee, not the viewing public, not even the Trump “base,” but Trump himself. Devin is showing himself a loyal, if unimaginative liar to the end, because he knows that if Trump goes down, Devin will follow on his coattails.

I see John Yoo is doing totalitarian propaganda gigs. Doesn’t anyone remember his “Torture Memos” that ought to have made him a pariah? Or, maybe some people do remember and continue to think John is a really good little boy.

Mr. Giulliani has tweeted a denunciation of the Republican counsel at the impeachment hearings. I would think Rudy would keep his mouth shut and his head down these days and hope that Trump doesn’t dump the Ukraine mess on him. But Rudy, like Donald, withers away if he is not in the public eye and so, again like Donald, has to keep thrusting himself in to where he is not wanted.