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Impeachment Inquiry Proceedings: What’s Coming Up Impeachment Hearings Schedule: What’s Coming Up
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The House’s impeachment inquiry, which burst into public view this week, will only pick up speed in the coming days. A spate of public hearings and private witness interviews with diplomats and other officials should lay out the details of an alleged campaign by President Trump and his allies to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.The House’s impeachment inquiry, which burst into public view this week, will only pick up speed in the coming days. A spate of public hearings and private witness interviews with diplomats and other officials should lay out the details of an alleged campaign by President Trump and his allies to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
First up on Friday morning, the House Intelligence Committee will take public testimony from Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, who was abruptly recalled to Washington amid a smear campaign by Mr. Trump’s allies. Later in the day, investigators plan to return to the closed chambers of the Intelligence Committee to privately interview David Holmes, a State Department official in Kiev, about a conversation he overheard between the president and his ambassador to the European Union.First up on Friday morning, the House Intelligence Committee will take public testimony from Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, who was abruptly recalled to Washington amid a smear campaign by Mr. Trump’s allies. Later in the day, investigators plan to return to the closed chambers of the Intelligence Committee to privately interview David Holmes, a State Department official in Kiev, about a conversation he overheard between the president and his ambassador to the European Union.
Here is what else Democrats have scheduled so far.Here is what else Democrats have scheduled so far.
Public hearings: None scheduled.Public hearings: None scheduled.
Private depositions: Mark Sandy, Office of Management and Budget.Private depositions: Mark Sandy, Office of Management and Budget.
Mr. Sandy is a senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget, the agency charged with carrying out Mr. Trump’s order this summer to freeze $391 million in security assistance for Ukraine. He will be the first official from the budget office to speak with investigators, despite White House orders not to, and could shed light on a key outstanding question: what rationale Mr. Trump and his chief of staff offered for placing the hold.Mr. Sandy is a senior career official at the Office of Management and Budget, the agency charged with carrying out Mr. Trump’s order this summer to freeze $391 million in security assistance for Ukraine. He will be the first official from the budget office to speak with investigators, despite White House orders not to, and could shed light on a key outstanding question: what rationale Mr. Trump and his chief of staff offered for placing the hold.
Public hearings: None scheduled.Public hearings: None scheduled.
Private depositions: None scheduled.Private depositions: None scheduled.
Public hearings: In the morning, Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert for the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence.Public hearings: In the morning, Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert for the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence.
In the afternoon, Kurt D. Volker, the former United States special envoy to Ukraine, and Timothy Morrison, a Europe and Russia expert for the National Security Council.In the afternoon, Kurt D. Volker, the former United States special envoy to Ukraine, and Timothy Morrison, a Europe and Russia expert for the National Security Council.
Private depositions: None scheduled.Private depositions: None scheduled.
Colonel Vindman and Mr. Morrison both listened in real time to a July phone call between Mr. Trump and Ukraine’s president that is at the center of the impeachment inquiry. During the call, Mr. Trump pressed his counterpart for investigations into his political rivals.Colonel Vindman and Mr. Morrison both listened in real time to a July phone call between Mr. Trump and Ukraine’s president that is at the center of the impeachment inquiry. During the call, Mr. Trump pressed his counterpart for investigations into his political rivals.
Public hearings: In the morning, Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union.Public hearings: In the morning, Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union.
In the afternoon, Laura K. Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.In the afternoon, Laura K. Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs, and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs.
Private depositions: None scheduled.Private depositions: None scheduled.
Mr. Sondland will most likely be the day’s most consequential witness. He had direct contact with Mr. Trump, and has already informed the committee that he told a top Ukrainian official that the country would probably have to give Mr. Trump a public pledge for investigations before it would receive frozen military aid. But he will be pressed to confirm another episode he is said to be involved in.Mr. Sondland will most likely be the day’s most consequential witness. He had direct contact with Mr. Trump, and has already informed the committee that he told a top Ukrainian official that the country would probably have to give Mr. Trump a public pledge for investigations before it would receive frozen military aid. But he will be pressed to confirm another episode he is said to be involved in.
Public Hearings: Fiona Hill, the National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia.Public Hearings: Fiona Hill, the National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia.
Private depositions: None scheduled.Private depositions: None scheduled.
As the schedule stands, Ms. Hill will be the Democrats’ final public witness. From her perch inside the White House, she had a front-row seat to what she viewed as a “nightmare” situation in which private interests were put above the nation’s. She will also provide testimony that John R. Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser and her boss, was deeply alarmed, as well.As the schedule stands, Ms. Hill will be the Democrats’ final public witness. From her perch inside the White House, she had a front-row seat to what she viewed as a “nightmare” situation in which private interests were put above the nation’s. She will also provide testimony that John R. Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser and her boss, was deeply alarmed, as well.