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NEW: Ahead of public hearings, a key part of the impeachment case remains a mystery.

Transcripts show the uncertainty surrounding the hold on Ukraine aid has only deepened—& officials who could shed light on it have fought the hardest to avoid testifying.
politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
How was Trump’s order to freeze the aid handled at the highest levels of his administration? What reasons were given, if any, to senior budget officials who implemented the abrupt freeze?

Those key Q’s remain unanswered—largely due to OMB stonewalling.

politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
Absent cooperation from OMB, investigators have been unable to showcase evidence directly linking Trump’s hold on aid with his demand for investigations.

Instead, lawmakers have been told a tale of mass confusion & frustration across the gov’t.

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The Taylor/Kent portion of impeachment hearing #1 is over. Committee members are sticking around now to vote on Rep. Conaway’s motion related to the whistleblower.
The committee is voting on a motion to table Rep. Conaway’s motion to subpoena the whistleblower.
Conaway’s motion to subpoena the whistleblower is defeated, 13-9.

With that, the first impeachment hearing is over.
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Schiff interrupts Castor to tell Taylor and Kent that they don't have to answer questions centering on “facts not in evidence.” In the members’ section, Louie Gohmert says: “You have the nerve to say that?”
The question was whether Taylor/Kent “can appreciate that some elements of the Ukrainian establishment” were “out to get” Donald Trump.
As they previewed in the days leading up to today’s hearing, Republicans are using their time to breathe life into Trump’s skepticism of Ukraine and his belief that the country’s government was biased against him.
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Wow. Mid-hearing, House impeachment investigators just announced new depositions:

FRIDAY: David Holmes
SATURDAY: OMB official Mark Sandy

(OMB has uniformly rejected requests & subpoenas for testimony & documents.)
HOLMES may be the aide who overheard the Trump-Sondland call that Taylor just testified about.
We’ve confirmed that Holmes is, indeed, the aide Taylor was referring to.

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