House to hold public impeachment hearings next week
Source: The Hill
House Democrats announced Wednesday that they will hold their first public impeachment hearings next week.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and George Kent, a top State Department official, will testify next Wednesday.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is then expected to testify next Friday. Yovanovitch previously testified about a concerted effort led by Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, to remove her from her post.
Democrats have been expected to begin holding public hearings this month, shifting the impeachment inquiry to a public phase after initially holding depositions behind closed doors.
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AP story -
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats have announced they'll hold the first public hearings next week in their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
Three State Department officials will testify in hearings Nov. 13 and Nov. 15, according to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Schiff is leading the probe.
Schiff tweeted that top Ukraine diplomat William Taylor, career department official George Kent and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will testify. Yovanovitch was ousted in May at Trump's direction.
All three have previously testified behind closed doors. The Democrats are investigating Trump's dealings with Ukraine and his requests for politically motivated investigations as the U.S. withheld military aid from the country.
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