The House’s impeachment inquiry has given new importance to what is a part of the culture at the Capitol — the media stakeout. As lawmakers meet behind closed doors in a House Intellige…
, CNN’s senior congressional correspondent. “The stakes are so high in this story. If Trump gets impeached, this will only be the third time in history that this has happened.”
Just about six months into Trump’s tenure, some Senate Republicans apparently were so tired of being hounded for comment that they at one point sought to restrict reporters from doing on-camera interviews in Capitol hallways. The media outcry was so great that the new limitations didn’t even last a day.
Most often, the feed carries the image of an empty microphone with a bank of elevators as a backdrop, but O’Connell said that “almost anytime” they have captured figures like House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff or Rep. Jim Jordan , ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, “somebody says something of interest.”
There is not only the stakeout in that below-ground space, but two floors up the spiral stairs to another bank of elevators where lawmakers come and go. Cordes said that it can feel “like a cat and mouse game just to catch a glimpse” of who is arriving or leaving, as she is often pressed to make a judgment call on whether to stay put at one spot or go to another.
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