Washington insiders told me what they think of Jerry Nadler and the next stage of the impeachment inquiry

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In some ways, Nadler — a New York City Democrat who first won election to the House in 1999 — shares some commonalities with Schiff, whose district includes a large portion of Los Angeles County. Another veteran Washington observer — whose allegiances run more leftward than Wilson’s, and who wanted to remain anonymous — complained that Democrats had put someone "totally unequipped to handle the Trump-era GOP's antics" in charge of the committee everyone knew would eventually handle impeachment of the 45th president. According to a source working on Democrats' inquiry, Nadler will hand off questioning duties to Norm Eisen, a veteran Washington lawyer who previously served as the Obama White House's Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform, was America's ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2014, and who was chairman of the board for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington until Nadler brought him on to assist with the impeachment inquiry. Eliot Mincberg, who served as the Judiciary Committee's chief counsel for oversight and investigations under former chairman John Conyers, said the new rules will help, but added that he believed Nadler will be "up to the challenge" so long as he is prepared.