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g trouble reading this, click here. Share: Listen to The Big Idea Witnesses called by GOP to defend Trump offer more bad facts for the president Volker and Morrison's impeachment testimony, in under 5 minutes BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: They were there to bat cleanup, but bo

s, deepened a damning fact pattern for Trump and said that the underlying conduct the president stands accused of would generally be inappropriate. Volker said he "would have objected" if he knew at the time that Trump brought up Joe Biden repeatedly and specifically during the July 25 call with the Uk

engthy introductory and closing statements. The total time that the witnesses ... spent answering Democrats' queries was about a minute longer than Schiff's comments and questions. The witnesses spent about 10 more minutes answering Democratic questions than Republican ones, in large part because more

r will modify his testimony and plans to say this afternoon that he didn't know the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations. From the Times: "Mr. Volker will say that he did not realize that others working for Mr. Trump were tying American security aid to a commitment to investigate Democrats. His t

Stanley-Becker report. -- Vindman is the second of three immigrants scheduled to testify. (My Big Idea from Friday explains the significance.) -- Volker will modify his testimony and plans to say this afternoon that he didn't know the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations. From the Times: "Mr. V

impeachment case to trial, losing that case, having the president acquitted and then having an adjudication that this conduct is not impeachable," Schiff said on NBC. "There's no making the case to the cult of the president's personality that is the Senate GOP, but we should at least be able to make

and Isaac -Becker report. Vindman is the second of three immigrants scheduled to testify. (My Big Idea from Friday explains the significance.) -- Volker will modify his testimony and plans to say this afternoon that he didn't know the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations. From the Times: "Mr. Vo

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candor, colorful language. There's just so much about the call that was so remarkable that I remember it vividly." — House Intelligence Chairman Schiff (D-Calif.) questioned Holmes about his bluntness with Sondland. "I'm not proud of my language," the diplomat answered. "But the informal tone of th

00047268 Welcome to the Daily 202, PowerPost's morning briefing for decision-makers. Sign up to receive the newsletter. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker reading the financial page as he waits for a hearing in 1980. ( K. W. Atherton!The Washington Post) WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: -- Paul Volcker, a h

e cause was complications from prostate cancer, said his daughter, Janice Zima. "With influence that spanned five decades and seven presidents, Mr. Volcker left as deep an imprint on the U.S. economy and financial system as has anyone of his generation," Neil Irwin writes in his obituary. "As a senior

the Press' how many articles of impeachment the committee would file, said: `I'm not ready to decide that.' House Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff (D., Calif.) on CBS's 'Face the Nation' suggested he favored a more narrow approach to the articles of impeachment. He said that as a former prose

accusations of corruption, was tantamount to investigating Vice President Biden. I drew a sharp distinction between the two: However, the Post says Volker's testimony is "belied by text messages that he tumed over to the House Intelligence 4 EFTA01653166 Committee last month, which show acting U.S.

ed as saying, "I feared at the time of the call on July 25 how its disclosure would play in Washington's dimate. ... My fears have been realized." Volker Says He Misunderstood Import Of Push For Burisma Probe. The Washington Post (11/19, Wagner, Itkowit, 14.2M) reports that Kurt Volker, a former envo

), the top Republican on the panel, sask[ed] who Vindman might have spoken to about the call and his concerns about the implications of that call." Schiff said, "We need to protect the whistle-blower. Please stop. I want to make sure that there is no effort to out the whistle-blower through these pro