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| Trump faces key test as week of impeachment hearings begins – live | Trump faces key test as week of impeachment hearings begins – live |
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| It’s Veterans Day, Donald Trump is back in Manhattan and Washington is getting ready for more momentous events | It’s Veterans Day, Donald Trump is back in Manhattan and Washington is getting ready for more momentous events |
| Representative Pete King, a New York Republican who has served in Congress since 1993, announced this morning that he would not seek reelection next year. | |
| King said in a Facebook post announcing his retirement: “The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week in Washington, D.C., it is time to end the weekly commute and be home in Seaford.” | |
| King becomes the 20th House Republican to announce a departure amid increasing signs of GOP anxiety about regaining control of the chamber. | |
| In a strategy memo released earlier this year, House Democrats’ campaign arm named King as one of the Republican lawmakers “at the top of the retirement watch list,” and his Long Island district will likely be considered a prime pick-up opportunity. | |
| King won his seat last year with 53 percent of the vote, his lowest percentage ever since first being elected in 1992. | |
| Pete Buttigieg praised the accomplishments of Barack Obama’s presidency after an LA Times report misquoted the Democratic presidential candidate as lamenting the “failures of the Obama era.” | |
| Some of Buttigieg’s fellow presidential contenders have been criticized for attacking Obama’s legacy, which appears to have made most of the Democratic candidates leery of going after the popular former president. | |
| Buttigieg is surging in the Iowa polls as he promotes a more moderate message than the one he trumpeted this summer, but his shifting stance has led some voters there to question his sincerity. | |
| A new report emerged yesterday that falls into the “big if true” camp: the president’s personal lawyer directly tied Ukraine’s frozen military aid to an investigation of Joe Biden, according to one of Rudy Giuliani’s associates. | A new report emerged yesterday that falls into the “big if true” camp: the president’s personal lawyer directly tied Ukraine’s frozen military aid to an investigation of Joe Biden, according to one of Rudy Giuliani’s associates. |
| The New York Times reports: | The New York Times reports: |
| Giuliani and Parnas’s business partner, Igor Fruman, categorically denied the claim, but the report crucially indicates that Parnas may be splitting from the president and his personal lawyer. | Giuliani and Parnas’s business partner, Igor Fruman, categorically denied the claim, but the report crucially indicates that Parnas may be splitting from the president and his personal lawyer. |
| Good morning, live blog readers! | Good morning, live blog readers! |
| This week could be one of the most pivotal yet for Donald Trump’s presidency, with public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry set to begin on Wednesday. | This week could be one of the most pivotal yet for Donald Trump’s presidency, with public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry set to begin on Wednesday. |
| Two officials will testify together on Wednesday morning: George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine. Taylor’s predecessor at the embassy in Kyiv, Marie Yovanovitch, will testify on Friday. | Two officials will testify together on Wednesday morning: George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine. Taylor’s predecessor at the embassy in Kyiv, Marie Yovanovitch, will testify on Friday. |
| The public hearings will give Americans the first chance to hear directly from witnesses who have testified about Trump allies’ alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of the president’s political rivals, Joe Biden. | The public hearings will give Americans the first chance to hear directly from witnesses who have testified about Trump allies’ alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of the president’s political rivals, Joe Biden. |
| In his closed-door interview last month, Taylor testified to House committees leading the inquiry that he was told military aid to Ukraine was held up as Trump’s allies sought public announcements of investigations into Biden’s links to Ukraine and supposed Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Kent told the committees Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, led a “campaign of lies” against Yovanovitch before she was recalled from her post. | In his closed-door interview last month, Taylor testified to House committees leading the inquiry that he was told military aid to Ukraine was held up as Trump’s allies sought public announcements of investigations into Biden’s links to Ukraine and supposed Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Kent told the committees Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, led a “campaign of lies” against Yovanovitch before she was recalled from her post. |
| Those who have closely followed the investigation may not learn much new. But the sight of longtime civil servants testifying about whether the president sought foreign assistance in his re-election campaign could have a significant impact on public perception of the impeachment inquiry. If so, Wednesday could mark a turning point in the investigation – and in Trump’s presidency. | Those who have closely followed the investigation may not learn much new. But the sight of longtime civil servants testifying about whether the president sought foreign assistance in his re-election campaign could have a significant impact on public perception of the impeachment inquiry. If so, Wednesday could mark a turning point in the investigation – and in Trump’s presidency. |
| Here’s what else the blog is keeping an eye on: | Here’s what else the blog is keeping an eye on: |
| Trump is in New York, where he will speak at the city’s Veterans Day Parade in Madison Square Park at 10.35am ET. | Trump is in New York, where he will speak at the city’s Veterans Day Parade in Madison Square Park at 10.35am ET. |
| Mike Pence will speak at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery at 11.30am ET. | Mike Pence will speak at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery at 11.30am ET. |
| Biden will participate in a CNN town hall this evening. | Biden will participate in a CNN town hall this evening. |
| That’s all still coming up, so stay tuned… | That’s all still coming up, so stay tuned… |