Jewish leaders worry over a backlash, as anti-Semites spread notion that a cabal of Jews is trying to oust the US president

The legal scholar's identity gives rise to vaguely, and sometimes explicitly, anti-Semitic chatter from right-wing figures once on the fringe but now increasingly in the mainstream

Contentious Judiciary Committee hearing begins formal impeachment proceedings; Republican-invited expert says Trump's deeds, while bad, do not constitute grounds for ouster