Headline Roundup • November 6th, 2019

Public Impeachment Hearings to Commence Next Week

White House,US Congress,Impeachment,Donald Trump,Politics

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House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that public hearings on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump will start next week. Schiff announced the hearings via Twitter; it will mark the first time that the public will hear lawmakers discuss evidence of Trump's ties to a scandal involving Ukraine and a privately-pushed investigation of the Bidens. Most reporting outlets focused on the three witnesses set to testify next week; diplomat William Taylor, former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and State Department official George Kent.

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Impeachment is getting up close and personal.

The House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public impeachment hearings next week, committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday. Former top Ukraine diplomat William Taylor and current Europe adviser George Kent will testify Wednesday, Nov. 13, and ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will testify Friday, Nov. 15.

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced Wednesday that open impeachment hearings would begin next week.

William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, would be the first to publicly testify to the congressional committees leading the investigation into President Trump’s conduct with Ukraine.

The two will answer questions on Wednesday.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch would testify Friday, Nov. 15.

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(CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Wednesday announced impeachment hearings will begin next week as Democrats prepare to take their case against President Donald Trump to the public.

Schiff, a California Democrat, said that three witnesses will testify next week: US diplomat Bill Taylor and State Department official George Kent will appear on next Wednesday, and former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is testifying next Friday.
The open hearings mark a new phase of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry into Trump and Ukraine and will be the first time that...

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