At the heart of the inquiry is President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and whether the administration withheld nearly $400 million in aid and a White House summit between the two leaders in exchange for an investigation into the president’s political rival
Since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry in September, there has been a steady drumbeat of current and former administration and government officials who have come forward, either willingly or under subpoena, to testify in the rapidly developing probe.
Democrats say the testimony, both from open proceedings and closed-door depositions, paints a picture of the president’s abuse of power to pursue politically motivated investigations. Republicans have raced to Trump’s defense, saying there was no evidence of a quid pro quo and that the witnesses did not have direct knowledge of Trump’s actions.
Oct. 14 and Nov. 21 , 2019: Fiona Hill, former Russia expert for the National Security CouncilBefore her most recent work in the White House, Hill served under both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama as a career national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia on the National Intelligence Council. She was director of The Brookings Institute’s Center on the United States and Europe from 2009 to 2017.
Oct. 22 and Nov. 13 , 2019: Bill Taylor, U.S. charge d’affaires for UkraineTaylor previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 and 2009 after working in the Middle East and Afghanistan. A West Point graduate who served in Vietnam and Germany, Taylor was most recently working as the executive vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, before rejoining the State Department. The top U.S.
Oct. 30, 2019: Christopher Anderson, former special adviser to Kurt VolkerAccording to his testimony, Anderson first joined the Foreign Service in 2005. He was posted in the Kyiv embassy from 2014 until 2017, when Volker asked him to serve as his Ukraine adviser. Recalled being in a meeting with then-national security adviser John Bolton in which Bolton"cautioned that Mr.
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