Trump news: First public impeachment hearings to begin in days, as president suffers election humiliation and huge 2020 poll deficits
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Your support makes all the difference.David Hale, a senior State Department official, is testifying to the House impeachment inquiry the morning after Donald Trump suffered a series of disastrous electoral setbacks, with the Democrats declaring victory in key races in Virginia and Kentucky.
Mr Trump also finds himself trailing behind Democratic 2020 candidates Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg by double-digit margins on Wednesday, according to the latest poll from ABC News/Washington Post.
Perhaps worst of all, the president’s ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, a key figure in the impeachment probe, has revised his own testimony, admitting a quid pro quo was behind the decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine and that the administration only planned to release the money in exchange for new president Volodymyr Zelensky announcing an anti-corruption probe into Mr Biden.
The day proceeded with Democrats announcing the first set of public impeachment hearings for next week.
Then, testimony from William Taylor was released in full, showing a worrisome situation for the president.
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With all the excitement in Washington surrounding public hearings, let's not forget that Roger Stone is back in court today!
Proceedings began again about an hour and a half ago, with prosecutors claiming that Mr Stone repeatedly lied under oath to Congress, in order to cover his tracks and stick up for Donald Trump.
On the 2020 Democratic campaign trail, the DNC has decided to pull the fifth debate from its planned site of UCLA, citing a labor dispute between a union and the school.
"In response to concerns raised by the local organized labor community inLos Angeles, we have asked our media partners to seek an alternative site for the December debate," DNC senior adviser Mary Beth Cahill told HuffPost on Wednesday.
The decision shows how important union votes are to the Democratic Party heading into 2020.
The House has released William Taylor's testimony, we'll be updating this space with those details shortly...
Some tough words from the Roger Stone trial, minutes into the proceedings and directly linking the case to the president.
"The evidence in this case will show Roger Stone lied to the House Intelligence Committee because the truth looked bad for the Trump campaign, and the truth looked bad for Donald Trump," said prosector Aaron Zelinsky.
Rudy Giuliani has taken on legal counsel, as the investigations heat up in Washington:
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