By Lisa Dejardins

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HERE'S THE DEAL
IMPEACHMENT EDITION
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Nov. 14, 2019


Hello from the U.S. Capitol! We left left the impeachment hearing room and tapped out this special edition of the Impeachment Brief to give you the latest.

It’s a rare time, with House Democrats launching public hearings as part of an investigation into whether to impeach President Trump. Rare, but when you take out repetitive testimony and talking points, the news from yesterday’s hearing was relatively brief.

What happened? See our video summary ([link removed]) , with highlight clips from testimony here. Or keep reading.

New testimony from William Taylor
* Taylor is the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, serving as acting ambassador after the ouster of Marie Yovanovich this summer.
* Taylor added new testimony yesterday, saying he had learned new details from a staff member. According to Taylor, that staff member overheard Trump talking about “investigations” in a phone call with the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland.
* That call was in Kyiv, Taylor testified, just days after the phone call between Trump and Ukrianian President Zelensky in which Trump asked Zelensky to investigate the 2016 election and the Biden family.
* Democrats see that testimony as connecting some important dots and showing that Trump was repeatedly pushing for investigations that could help him politically.
* Republicans dismiss their testimony as unreliable hearsay with no indication of what “investigations” the president may have meant.

A few other things we learned
* Looking for more takeaways? Our colleague Daniel Bush wrote a whole story about them ([link removed]) after watching yesterday’s hearing.


Democrats call more witnesses behind closed doors
* Friday: David Holmes will testify. He is a U.S. official working in the embassy in Kyiv. Multiple sources confirmed to NewsHour that he is the staff member who told William Taylor he overheard the president speaking of “investigations.
* Saturday: Mark Sandy is scheduled to testify. He is an official at the Office of Management and Budget. If Sandy appears, he will be the first staff member from that agency to testify. Others have refused to comply with Congressional subpoenas.

New Moments and Documents

* WATCH: House Intelligence Committee full hearing ([link removed]) with Bill Taylor and George Kent.
* WATCH: Democratic counsel’s questioning ([link removed]) of Taylor and Kent.
* WATCH: Republican counsel’s questioning ([link removed]) of Taylor and Kent.
* WATCH: You can find all of the individual Q&As ([link removed]) here.
* READ: The opening statement ([link removed]) of Ambassador William Taylor’s, currently the top US diplomat in Ukraine.
* READ: The opening statement ([link removed]) of George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
* READ: The opening statement ([link removed]) of Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Ca.

Thank you for reading.

We'll be back tomorrow with another edition of the Impeachment Brief as we look ahead to more public testimony on Friday.

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