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Day one of the House's public impeachment hearings conclude after testimonies from a top State Department official and the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine.

Here's what we learned. wapo.st/33RMrIU
The acting ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, told lawmakers about a previously unknown effort by the president to make sure Ukraine was looking into his political opponents wapo.st/2NLEJdr
Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the E.U., told Trump in a phone conversation that “the Ukrainians were ready to move forward” on the investigations, Taylor said wapo.st/3789lxJ
George Kent, the State Department’s foremost expert on Ukraine, emerged as a forceful debunker of some frequently cited assertions and conspiracy theories among Trump’s allies wapo.st/2pkPnP8
On Friday, Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine who was abruptly forced out, is expected to testify.

Follow our impeachment calendar for upcoming hearings. wapo.st/2QcTyaN
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