Politics
Democrats Take Impeachment Probe Public as Trump Roars Defiant
- President and allies train fire on Schiff and whistle-blower
- Three career officials to testify in open hearings this week
Nov. 1: Pelosi Says Impeachment Isn't About Trump's Personality, Policies
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House Democrats this week are taking their effort to impeach Donald Trump into a risky new phase of public hearings that the president is eager to turn into a made-for-TV personal battle, echoing his successful White House run in 2016.
The hearings on Wednesday and Friday feature three career diplomats who, in previous closed-door depositions, outlined attempts by Trump’s advisers to use the prospect of an Oval Office meeting and military aid to pressure Ukraine to publicly announce an investigation of Trump’s political rivals.