WASHINGTON _ Impeachment inquiry depositions will pause until Saturday while members participate in memorial services for the late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings over the next two days.
The investigation will pick back up on Saturday with testimony from Philip Reeker, acting assistant secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Charles Kupperman, former deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs, is scheduled to appear for a deposition on Monday, and Timothy Morrison, special assistant to the president and senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council, is on the schedule for next Thursday.
The two-day break comes after the most turbulent series of events in the impeachment proceedings so far: On Tuesday, Democrats said State Department official Bill Taylor drew a direct link between the withholding of military aid to Ukraine and requests from the White House for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to open up anti-corruption probes into President Donald Trump's political rivals.
The next day, a group of House Republicans, frustrated by the lack of transparency during the investigation so far, stormed the secure room at the Capitol where impeachment depositions are being taken.
