The public phase of the impeachment inquiry will get underway this morning (November 13th), as nationally-televised hearings begin before House lawmakers into whether President Trump's actions related to Ukraine merit impeachment.
In a memo to lawmakers, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee that's leading the inquiry, called it a "solemn undertaking," counseling his colleagues to, quote, "approach these proceedings with the seriousness of purpose and love of country that they demand."
Testifying today will be William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
Witnesses have testified behind closed doors in the past weeks about Trump's July 25th phone call in which he pressured Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, and the conspiracy that Ukraine was behind the 2016 election interference, even though U.S. intelligence has unanimously concluded it was Russia.
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will testify Friday, and then there will be eight more witnesses next week.
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