The moment that shocked the room during Bill Taylor's testimony during an impeachment inquiry hearing.
Last week, the acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, acknowledged during a news conference that the aid was held up as part of a quid pro quo, although he later insisted his words had been misreported by the press.
At one point,"one prominent member who will go nameless turned to an aide and said, 'This isn't good,'" a person in the room said. "The room got super silent and heavy as he was reading his opening statement," a third person in the room, said."Democrats looking at each other in shock. Republicans not looking up from the paper."
Taylor is expected to be called back to testify in public as part of a second phase of the Democratic-led inquiry that will be critical to building public support for impeachment, according to one Democratic aide involved in the process.
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