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On Politics | IMPEACHMENT. 2020 ELECTION. WASHINGTON. AND MORE FROM THE POLITICS WORLD. | Monday, November 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Happy Monday, OnPolitics readers, and more importantly, happy one-year-until-the-presidential-election day! What more can we ask from a November 4th than partisan bickering, political bombshells, document dumps and tweets about whistleblowers? | | Let's do this. | 'Read the transcript!' | | President Donald Trump may be tweeting about the transcript of one particular phone call ... but we're about to get a lot more transcripts to read. The committees overseeing the impeachment inquiry released hundreds of pages of testimony Monday from the former Ukraine ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, and a former State Department adviser, Michael McKinley. Dems have said they plan to release the remainder of the approximately 100 hours of deposition transcripts from the 13 witnesses who testified. The juicy bits: | | • | Ambassador Yovanovitch is quoted as saying she was pulled out of her job after hearing that Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, had been criticizing her. | | • | Yovanovitch also says she was told by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a close Trump ally, to tweet support of Trump. | | • | "Influenced by some who are not trustworthy": Yovanovitch said her removal set a "dangerous precedent." "It should be the State Department, the President, who makes decisions about which ambassador [serves]. And, obviously, the president did make a decision, but I think [it was] influenced by some who are not trustworthy." | | • | Michael McKinley told lawmakers Yovanovitch's recall had a "significant effect on morale" among foreign service officers, according to the transcript of his testimony. He abruptly quit his post on Oct. 11, days before he testified. | | | But wait, there's more! | | • | Whistleblower drama: The whistleblower who raised alarms about the president's dealings with Ukraine and touched off the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry is willing to answer written questions submitted by House Republicans, the person's lawyer says. But, that offering has not been welcomed by Trump. "He must be brought forward to testify. Written answers not acceptable! " he tweeted, slamming the entire process as a "Con!" | | • | Four White House officials scheduled to appear before the House Oversight, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees did not show up. | | • | Trump, impeachment and 2020: GOP has embraced the impeachment fight in 2020 ads, betting that the Trump inquiry will backfire on Democrats. | | | Shall we meet back here tomorrow? Sounds good. | | - Until then, OnPolitics readers. | | | | MOST SHARED USA TODAY ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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