Live political reporting continues on Tuesday’s blog:
Kari Paul, signing out for the evening! Here are some of the top stories of the afternoon:
- Transcripts of impeachment depositions for key figures Laura Cooper, Christopher Anderson, and Catherine Croft were released today.
- US condemns “unjustified use of deadly force” in Hong Kong protests
- Bernie Sanders spoke out against ongoing clashes in Bolivia, saying it “appears to be a coup.”
- Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is considering entering the 2020 presidential race.
- The Trump administration is set to significantly limit the kinds of medical and scientific research the government can use to determine public health regulations, undermining scientific standards
The Trump administration is set to significantly limit the kinds of medical and scientific research the government can use to determine public health regulations, according to a proposal reported on by the New York Times, raising concerns among scientists and physicians.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposal would require scientists to disclose all of their raw data, including confidential medical records, before the agency could consider an academic study’s conclusions.
The measure would undermine scientific basis for many public health and policy regulations, critics say, and make it ore difficult to enact new clean air and water rules.
The proposal would also retroactively apply to existing health regulations. From the New York Times:
Public health experts warned that studies that have been used for decades — to show, for example, that mercury from power plants impairs brain development, or that lead in paint dust is tied to behavioral disorders in children — might be inadmissible when existing regulations come up for renewal.
A new poll has found Donald Trump’s approval ratings among women have hit their lowest point in over a year.
According to a poll published by the Hill, just 37% of women say they approve of the job Trump is doing - down from 44% in July of 2018. Meanwhile, 63% of women say they disapprove of Trump’s performance as president.
As the 2020 elections approach, suburban women are thought to be a key voting block in determining the results. Trump’s overall approval rating has dropped one percentage point to 47%, the poll found.
House investigators release more impeachment transcripts
Democrats behind the impeachment investigation into Donald Trump released transcripts from two more key witnesses on Monday.
Interviews with diplomat Christopher Anderson and state Department Ukraine specialist Catherine Croft have been released and can be read here.
Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is considering entering the 2020 presidential race, the Associated Press reports:
Patrick ruled out a run earlier this year but has since been talking with Democratic operatives and donors about launching a campaign.
His deliberations come as some Democrats express uncertainty about the party’s current crop of contenders.
Patrick has not made a final decision on whether to run and faces fast-approaching deadlines to get on the ballot in key states.
Patrick is a close ally of former President Barack Obama. He made history as Massachusetts’ first black governor, serving from 2007 to 2015.
Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke out on Monday against ongoing clashes in Boliva that lead to the ousting of president Evo Morales this week.
Donald Trump previously hailed the ouster of the Leftist president as a “significant moment for democracy” even as others alluded to it being a coup.
“I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales,” he said in a tweet. “The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia’s democratic institutions”.
The US has condemned “unjustified use of deadly force” in the latest Hong Kong violence and urged police and civilians alike to de-escalate the situation, a senior Trump administration official said on Monday.
The statement, given under condition of anonymity to Reuters, comes after clashes in pro-democracy protests across the Chinese-ruled territory, a former British colony, stepped up over the weekend.
Hong Kong police shot and critically wounded a protester and a man was set on fire in violence that prompted leader Carrie Lam to denounce “enemies of the people.”
“Hong Kong police and civilians alike have a responsibility to de-escalate and avoid violent confrontations,” the official said.
Transcript of deputy assistant defense secretary impeachment deposition released
Democratic impeachment investigators in the House released a transcript Monday of the testimony of Laura Cooper, deputy assistant defense secretary for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia.
Lawmakers are investigating whether Trump violated his oath of office by attempting to influence the president of Ukraine to investigate Democratic rivals, including Joe Biden.
Laura Cooper's testimony reveals how Trump froze Congressionally-approved aid to Ukraine. Cooper raised concerns about this hold, as did others.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 11, 2019
She also told us how Volker implied the hold might be resolved if the Ukrainians issued a statement.
Read: https://t.co/xSN6c8ttFD
The 3.5-hour testimony transcript spans 115 pages and mentions how Trump froze congressionally approved aid to Ukraine. Cooper raised concerns about this, she said in the transcript, as did others.
The full transcript can be read here.
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Hello readers, Kari Paul in San Francisco taking over for the next few hours. More news to come.
That’s it from me today. My west coast colleague, Kari Paul, will take over the blog for the next few hours.
Here’s where the day stands so far:
- A federal judge dismissed Trump’s lawsuit challenging the House ways and means committee’s ability to obtain the president’s state tax returns from New York officials. The judge, a Trump appointee, said the president’s legal team could refile the case in New York.
- Charles Kupperman, a former deputy to John Bolton at the national security council, filed a brief opposing Mick Mulvaney’s effort to join his lawsuit seeking a judge’s ruling on whether to comply with a congressional subpoena in the impeachment inquiry.
- Public hearings in the impeachment inquiry begin on Wednesday, and they could mark a turning point in Americans’ perception of the investigation.
- Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, is reportedly considering launching an impeachment podcast.
- Representative Pete King, a longtime Republican congressman who represented Long Island, became the latest GOP lawmaker to announce his retirement.
- Trump’s Veterans Day speech in New York was met with protests along Fifth Avenue.
Kari will have much more on the news of the day, so stay tuned.
Trump is once again complaining about the whistleblower who kicked off the Ukraine scandal and demanding the anonymous official publicly testify, as some of his Republican allies have also called for.
“Where is the Whistleblower who gave so much false information? Must testify along with Schiff and others!” Trump wrote on Twitter. He added in a separate tweet, “To think I signed the Whistleblower Protection Act!”
But as a reporter for the NPR affiliate WBUR noted, the law outlining protections for whistleblowers was actually enacted decades before Trump took office.
The VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act - referenced in the tweet - applies to...the VA.
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) November 11, 2019
Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state under George W Bush, said she found reports of Rudy Giuliani’s shadow diplomacy in Ukraine to be “deeply troubling.”
“What I see right now troubles me. I see a state of conflict between the foreign policy professionals and someone who says he’s acting on behalf of the president but frankly I don’t know if that is the case,” Rice said at a conference in Abu Dhabi. “It is troubling. It is deeply troubling.”
Rice added she thought it was “out of bounds” for the president to call for a foreign country to investigate one of his political rivals. “The call is murky, it is really murky,” Rice said of Trump’s conversation with the Ukrainian president. “I don’t like for the president of the United States to mention an American citizen for investigation to a foreign leader. I think that is out of bounds.”
The Quinnipiac poll included some disappointing news for Michael Bloomberg’s potential White House bid. According to the poll, very few New Hampshire voters would consider voting for the former New York mayor.
More specifically, only 2 percent of the state’s likely Democratic primary voters said they would definitely cast ballots for Bloomberg, while 37 percent said they would consider voting for him. More than half, 54 percent, said they would definitely not vote for Bloomberg.
However, those dismal numbers may not matter much to the former mayor. Bloomberg’s advisers have said he intends to forego the early voting states in order to focus on Super Tuesday states, such as Alabama and Arkansas.
Poll shows Biden holding narrow lead in New Hampshire
Joe Biden is clinging on to a narrow lead in New Hampshire as Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders also attract double-digit levels of support in the early voting state, according to a new poll.
The Quinnipiac poll found Biden attracting the support of 20 percent of the state’s Democrats compared to Warren’s 16 percent, Buttigieg’s 15 percent and Sanders’ 14 percent.
Tulsi Gabbard also hit 6 percent, leaving her only one poll short of meeting the DNC’s qualification for the December debate, although she remains short on the donor requirement.
The debate ramifications: @TulsiGabbard now needs one more poll to qualify for the December debate in the next month and change (she still needs donors, too). @AndrewYang is also halfway through the polling threshold, and already has the donors https://t.co/RKRRj3Glu9
— Zach Montellaro (@ZachMontellaro) November 11, 2019
Giuliani reportedly considering launching impeachment podcast
Everybody wants in on the impeachment podcast game — including the president’s personal lawyer who plays a key role in the inquiry. Rudy Giuliani is reportedly considering launching his own impeachment podcast.
CNN reports:
Giuliani was overheard discussing the plans with an unidentified woman while at a crowded New York City restaurant, Sant Ambroeus, over lunch on Saturday. The conversation, which lasted more than an hour, touched on details including dates for recording and releasing the podcast, settling on a logo, and the process of uploading the podcast to iTunes and other podcast distributors.
Two people who overheard Giuliani’s discussion reached out to CNN and provided a recording they decided to make of the conversation. They contacted CNN unprompted after reading a recent story about Giuliani and the President’s ongoing relationship. The people asked not to be identified and provided the audio recording on the condition that it not be published. ...
In the conversation, Giuliani said he hoped to have four or five episodes ‘to analyze the impeachment in every aspect.’ Giuliani’s intention seems to be to have four episodes finished before the start of the Senate trial.
It would be bold (to say the least) of Giuliani to weigh in on the impeachment inquiry in such a public format while he is reportedly under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York over whether his dealings in Ukraine violated lobbying laws.
A lawyer for Charles Kupperman, the former deputy to John Bolton at the national security council, argued that Mick Mulvaney’s admission of a quid pro quo (which he later walked back) made him ineligible to join Kupperman’s lawsuit seeking a judge’s ruling on whether to comply with a congressional subpoena in the impeachment inquiry.
Attorney for Kupperman argues in new filing that Mulvaney should not be allowed to join suit over subpoenas noting differences in their circumstances _ including raising the question of whether Mulvaney's 'quid pro quo' press conference waived the immunity he's now asserting.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 11, 2019
Kupperman opposes Mulvaney's effort to join impeachment lawsuit
The House and Charles Kupperman, a former deputy to John Bolton at the national security council, have filed briefs opposing Mick Mulvaney’s effort to join Kupperman’s lawsuit seeking a judge’s ruling on whether to testify in the impeachment inquiry.
JUST IN: The House & Kupperman have filed separate briefs OPPOSING Mulvaney’s motion to join Kupperman’s lawsuit seeking a judge’s ruling on the House’s subpoena. pic.twitter.com/vcdvPNV0nP
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) November 11, 2019
House lawyers argued that Mulvaney likely played a role in the decision to block administration officials from complying with congressional subpoenas in the investigation, thus the acting White House chief of staff was too conflicted to join Kupperman’s lawsuit.
The Washington Post reported yesterday:
People close to Bolton and Kupperman said the two were flabbergasted by Mulvaney’s surprise request to join the lawsuit because they and others on the national security team considered Mulvaney a critical player in the effort to get the Ukrainian government to pursue investigations into Trump’s political opponents.
Their objection is twofold: Bolton views Mulvaney as a key participant in the pressure campaign, a situation that the then-national security adviser referred to derisively as ‘a drug deal,’ according to congressional testimony by his aides. The two men were barely on speaking terms when Bolton left his post in September, according to White House officials.
And they believe Mulvaney’s goal is to avoid testifying by joining a suit involving officials whose attorney has argued they may be limited in what they can share with Congress because of their role advising the president on national security matters.
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit over tax returns
A federal judge in Washington has dismissed Trump’s lawsuit challenging the House ways and means committee’s ability to obtain his state tax returns from New York officials.
Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ruled that the president had not met his burden of establishing why his complaint could be taken up in the US district court for DC. The case could be refiled in New York.
The ruling is that a DC based federal court lacks jurisdiction over the New York officials because they don't have sufficient ties to DC. And because it's too speculative right now that NY will send Trump's tax returns to DC
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) November 11, 2019
House Republicans’ campaign arm offered reassurances that the congressional seat of Pete King, the longtime representative who announced his retirement this morning, would remain in GOP control.
.@RepPeteKing has been a political institution in Long Island politics for a generation and we wish him well. This will remain a Republican seat thanks in no small part to the insane socialist agenda of Democrats in both Washington and Albany. #NY02
— NRCC (@NRCC) November 11, 2019
Democrats placed King on their retirement watch list earlier this year, and they will likely devote significant resources to capturing the Long Island district.
Here’s where the day stands so far:
- Public hearings in the impeachment inquiry start on Wednesday, and Trump appears to be preparing for them by claiming (without evidence) that the transcripts of the House committees’ closed-door interviews were inaccurate. (No Republican present for the interviews has made such a claim.)
- Longtime Republican representative Pete King announced his retirement, kicking off what will likely be a heated race to succeed him.
- Trump’s speech at New York’s Veterans Day parade was met with protests.
The blog will have more coming up, so stay tuned.
A Washington Post reporter shared a video of two Trump supporters clashing with a Bernie Sanders voter in New York, shortly after the president spoke at the city’s Veterans Day parade.
The Sanders supporter referenced Trump’s claim during the 2016 campaign that he could get away with shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, as well as his offensive comments in the “Access Hollywood” tape about groping women.
A Bernie Sanders supporter and two Trump supporters argue on Fifth Avenue. He asks if Trump can shoot someone right here and get away with it, and they defend Trump’s “grab ‘em” slur. pic.twitter.com/2jwhehNPah
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 11, 2019
Two of Rick Perry’s political supporters were reportedly awarded an oil and gas deal in Ukraine after the energy secretary recommended one of them as a potential adviser to the country’s new president.
The AP reports:
Perry’s efforts to influence Ukraine’s energy policy came earlier this year, just as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s new government was seeking military aid from the United States to defend against Russian aggression and allies of President Donald Trump were ramping up efforts to get the Ukrainians to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Ukraine awarded the contract to Perry’s supporters little more than a month after the U.S. energy secretary attended Zelenskiy’s May inauguration. In a meeting during that trip, Perry handed the new president a list of people he recommended as energy advisers. One of the four names was his longtime political backer Michael Bleyzer.
A week later, Bleyzer and his partner Alex Cranberg submitted a bid to drill for oil and gas at a sprawling government-controlled site called Varvynska. They offered millions of dollars less to the Ukrainian government than their only competitor for the drilling rights, according to internal Ukrainian government documents obtained by The Associated Press. But their newly created joint venture, Ukrainian Energy, was awarded the 50-year contract because a government-appointed commission determined they had greater technical expertise and stronger financial backing, the documents show.
Ethical experts said Perry likely did not break the law but still described his actions as “icky,” particularly given that many of Trump’s allies are currently arguing the president mentioned the Bidens to Zelenskiy because he was trying to help crack down on the country’s corruption.
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The announcement of Republican representative Pete King’s retirement once again throws a spotlight on the high number of departures and defeats in the House GOP caucus since Trump took office.
When President Trump took office in January 2017, there were 241 Republicans in the House.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 11, 2019
Since then, 101 have either been defeated/retired/otherwise left office or are retiring in 2020. (h/t @Dchinni)
Meanwhile, Democrats are already considering possible candidates to replace King as the Long Island district’s representative.
One name under discussion for Rep. Peter King's seat: Democratic Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini.
— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) November 11, 2019
Demonstrators in New York protest Trump's Veterans Day speech
Demonstrators who protested Trump’s Veterans Day speech in New York criticized the president’s treatment of veterans and called for his impeachment.
“I’m here to protest Trump and support veterans,” said Michelle Williams, 40. “I don’t know how so many veterans could support him after he was fined $2m for misrepresenting his charity saying it was to support them. I don’t know how his supporters can be so against their best interests.”
“My father and brother are veterans, but I think a president should have served,” added Derek Lowery, 52. He also criticized the Trump administration’s policies toward former service members. “Veterans should have the red carpet rolled out for them.”
Matt Mattingly, 47, specifically said he was participating in the protest to call for Trump’s impeachment. “He’s stolen money to pay for his wall, and there are thousands of veterans being cut from Medicaid,” Mattingly said.
Former police commissioner Ray Kelly refused to be drawn on Trump’s attendance. “I’m happy to be here to support our veterans,” Kelly said.
Trump has now concluded his appearance at New York’s Veterans Day parade, where he addressed attendees amid protests on Fifth Avenue.
"This nation is forever in your debt and we thank you all."
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 11, 2019
President Trump is the first president to deliver remarks at the New York City Veterans Day Parade. https://t.co/s5XgPCE3k0 pic.twitter.com/qlkyAzS7os
The president touched on the recent death of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, telling the audience: “Thanks to American warriors, al-Baghdadi is dead, his second-in-charge is dead. We have our eyes on No. 3. His reign of terror is over, and our enemies are running very, very scared.”
Trump speaks at New York's Veterans Day parade
Trump is now speaking at the Veterans Day parade in New York, taking the podium to cheers as demonstrators loudly protested just outside Madison Square Park.
.@realDonaldTrump speaks at Veterans Day event in New York, and recognizes @BilldeBlasio, the mayor he has previously disparaged. Protests can be heard in the streets near the park, including chants of “Lock Him Up!” pic.twitter.com/HlZ2a3y2Fa
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) November 11, 2019
Prominent Republicans argue Ukraine request was not impeachable
A handful of Trump’s allies have adopted a new (and dubious) argument to push back against the impeachment inquiry. They argue that the president encouraging a foreign country to launch an investigation of his political rival, Joe Biden, does not constitute an impeachable offense.
.@martharaddatz presses Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Mac Thornberry on the Republican strategy to manage the substance of allegations in the impeachment inquiry: "I believe it was inappropriate, I do not believe it was impeachable." https://t.co/kLSp2fgDiG pic.twitter.com/iA9seNehYW
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 10, 2019
Representative Mac Thornberry, the ranking member on the House armed services committee, told ABC News yesterday: “I believe it’s inappropriate for a president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival. ... I do not believe it was impeachable.”
Trump’s former UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, similarly told NPR that it is “not a good practice for us ever to ask a foreign country to investigate an American.” But she added, “I don’t see it as impeachable.”
Trump will soon speak at New York’s Veterans Day Parade in Madison Square Park, and one building nearby marked his appearance by putting a sign calling for his impeachment in the window.
In windows of building overlooking Trump’s Veterans Day speech site pic.twitter.com/tMYSnaNrv7
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 11, 2019
As Trump challenged the accuracy of the impeachment transcripts without providing any evidence, an MSNBC correspondent noted that several Republicans affirmed the documents’ authenticity last week.
Multiple Republicans on the impeachment inquiry committees told me last week they believed the released transcripts were real & complete. https://t.co/DkEIvSXFW5
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) November 11, 2019
Without evidence, Trump questions accuracy of impeachment transcripts
Trump is pushing back against the release of transcripts from the closed-door interviews in the impeachment inquiry by questioning the documents’ accuracy without providing any evidence.
“Shifty Adam Schiff will only release doctored transcripts,” the president tweeted. “Republicans should put out their own transcripts!”
However, a number of journalists who cover Capitol Hill, including this Fox News reporter, noted that none of the Republican members of the House committees leading the inquiry have challenged the transcripts’ accuracy.
Trump tweets that “Shifty Adam Schiff will only release doctored transcripts.“ At no point have House Republicans who were present for the depositions & combed over the transcripts which were released, contested the authenticity of any of the transcripts.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 11, 2019
It’s also worth noting that Trump is now attacking the public release of the transcripts after Republicans previously criticized senior House Democrats for holding closed-door interviews in the inquiry.
Longtime Republican congressman announces retirement
Representative Pete King, a New York Republican who has served in Congress since 1993, announced this morning that he would not seek reelection next year.
After talks w my family I will not seek re-election in 2020. Difficult decision as my 28 yrs in Congress have been extremely fulfilling while fighting for my constituents: 9/11 & Sandy funding/combating terrorism & MS-13. I thank residents of NY2 for allowing me to represent you.
— Rep. Pete King (@RepPeteKing) November 11, 2019
King said in a Facebook post announcing his retirement: “The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week in Washington, D.C., it is time to end the weekly commute and be home in Seaford.”
King becomes the 20th House Republican to announce a departure amid increasing signs of GOP anxiety about regaining control of the chamber.
In a strategy memo released earlier this year, House Democrats’ campaign arm named King as one of the Republican lawmakers “at the top of the retirement watch list,” and his Long Island district will likely be considered a prime pick-up opportunity.
King won his seat last year with 53 percent of the vote, his lowest percentage ever since first being elected in 1992.
Buttigieg praises Obama after misquote
Pete Buttigieg praised the accomplishments of Barack Obama’s presidency after an LA Times report misquoted the Democratic presidential candidate as lamenting the “failures of the Obama era.”
I appreciate this reporter’s swift and honest correction of a misquote on my views of the Obama presidency. From health care to DADT repeal to the rescue of the auto industry, my appreciation of the great leadership of Barack Obama comes from a very personal place. https://t.co/eWvSDtcpTQ
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) November 11, 2019
Some of Buttigieg’s fellow presidential contenders have been criticized for attacking Obama’s legacy, which appears to have made most of the Democratic candidates leery of going after the popular former president.
Buttigieg is surging in the Iowa polls as he promotes a more moderate message than the one he trumpeted this summer, but his shifting stance has led some voters there to question his sincerity.
Giuliani's associate says he tied Ukrainian aid to Biden investigation
A new report emerged yesterday that falls into the “big if true” camp: the president’s personal lawyer directly tied Ukraine’s frozen military aid to an investigation of Joe Biden, according to one of Rudy Giuliani’s associates.
The New York Times reports:
Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning to the country’s new leadership, a lawyer for the associate said.
The associate, Lev Parnas, told a representative of the incoming government that it had to announce an investigation into Mr. Trump’s political rival, Joseph R. Biden Jr., and his son, or else Vice President Mike Pence would not attend the swearing-in of the new president, and the United States would freeze aid, the lawyer said.
The claim by Mr. Parnas, who is preparing to share his account with impeachment investigators, challenges the narrative of events from Mr. Trump and Ukrainian officials that is at the core of the congressional inquiry. It also directly links Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, to threats of repercussions made to the Ukrainians, something he has strenuously denied.
But Mr. Parnas’s account, while potentially significant, is being contradicted on several fronts. None of the people involved dispute that the meeting occurred, but Mr. Parnas stands alone in saying the intention was to present an ultimatum to the Ukrainian leadership.
Giuliani and Parnas’s business partner, Igor Fruman, categorically denied the claim, but the report crucially indicates that Parnas may be splitting from the president and his personal lawyer.
Trump's presidency faces key test as impeachment hearings loom
Good morning, live blog readers!
This week could be one of the most pivotal yet for Donald Trump’s presidency, with public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry set to begin on Wednesday.
Two officials will testify together on Wednesday morning: George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine. Taylor’s predecessor at the embassy in Kyiv, Marie Yovanovitch, will testify on Friday.
The public hearings will give Americans the first chance to hear directly from witnesses who have testified about Trump allies’ alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of the president’s political rivals, Joe Biden.
In his closed-door interview last month, Taylor testified to House committees leading the inquiry that he was told military aid to Ukraine was held up as Trump’s allies sought public announcements of investigations into Biden’s links to Ukraine and supposed Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Kent told the committees Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, led a “campaign of lies” against Yovanovitch before she was recalled from her post.
Those who have closely followed the investigation may not learn much new. But the sight of longtime civil servants testifying about whether the president sought foreign assistance in his re-election campaign could have a significant impact on public perception of the impeachment inquiry. If so, Wednesday could mark a turning point in the investigation – and in Trump’s presidency.
Here’s what else the blog is keeping an eye on:
- Trump is in New York, where he will speak at the city’s Veterans Day Parade in Madison Square Park at 10.35am ET.
- Mike Pence will speak at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery at 11.30am ET.
- Biden will participate in a CNN town hall this evening.
That’s all still coming up, so stay tuned…
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