George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, oversees administrative policy in a bloc of Eastern European countries, including Ukraine arrived on Capitol Hill to testify in the impeachment inquiry. Kent tried protecting Marie Yovanoivitch from the internal smear campaign.
Trump has his pull ups in a bunch over the impeachment inquiry.
Today he lashed out at Democrats for holding closed door meetings and pretty much anything that pisses him off.
Rep. Matt (On the Rocks) Gaetz tries to defend Trump’s Ukraine mess. Support for impeachment AND removal continues to grow. The liveblog has ended. No liveblog updates yet. Load more
What to expect this week: Monday 10/14: Three House panels will interview Fionna Hill behind closed doors. Hill served as Trump’s top Russia adviser before leaving her post in August. Now that she has left MORE
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican senators Wednesday to be ready for an impeachment trial of President Trump as soon as Thanksgiving, as the Senate began to brace for a political maelstrom that would engulf MORE