Trump calls impeachment hearings a "disgrace"
Witnesses said they were alarmed by the president's July phone call with the leader of Ukraine
Witnesses said they were alarmed by the president's July phone call with the leader of Ukraine
The third round of impeachment hearings got underway on Tuesday. Two witnesses were alarmed by the president's July call with the leader of Ukraine, calling it "improper" and "unusual." Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, disputed Ambassador William Taylor's description of an "irregular" channel dictating policy on Ukraine. "I don't agree with his characterization of that," Taylor said, noting that some members of the channel were U.S. officials with significant experience in Ukraine.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Daniel Goldman, senior adviser and director of investigations on the committee, questioned Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison Tuesday in the third day of public impeachment hearings. Volker is the former special envoy to Ukraine and Morrison is the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council and a deputy assistant to the president.
In his opening remarks before the testimony of Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison, Congressman Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed the Democrats' impeachment strategy as a "drug deal." He also claimed that TV viewing was "way down" for the hearing.
Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams testified in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, testified that President Trump expressed negative views about Ukraine during a May meeting. "Ukraine is a terrible place, they're all corrupt, they're terrible people, they tried to take me down," Volker described Mr. Trump as saying.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, testified that there was nothing unusual about the administration placing a hold on providing assistance to Ukraine. He said he'd seen holds during previous administrations, and that he thought it might be related to fears that President Zelensky wouldn't be a reformer.
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Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, strongly defended himself Tuesday, denying that he along with U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and Energy Secretary Rick Perry formed a separate "irregular" channel informing Ukraine policy. Watch his opening statement in the third day of public impeachment hearings.
Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison are testifying at the second impeachment hearing of the day
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and ranking Republican Devin Nunes gave opening statements Tuesday afternoon during the third day of public impeachment hearings. They spoke before lawmakers heard testimony from Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, the departing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council. Watch their opening statements.
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