The key takeaways from Holmes and Hale's impeachment inquiry testimonies
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump only cares about the "big stuff that matters to him, like this Biden investigation that Giuliani is pushing," State Department official David Holmes told lawmakers in a closed-door deposition as part of the impeachment inquiry.
Holmes testified that although the phone's speaker wasn't on, the president's voice was so loud and recognizable, he could overhear the conversation. Story continuesRussia may have 'monitored' Trump's phone call with SondlandHolmes told lawmakers the phone conversation surprised him because in his"experience, generally, phone calls with the President are very sensitive and handled accordingly."
In the transcript of Yovanovitch's closed-door deposition, the former ambassador said she was told Pompeo or"somebody around him" planned to call Hannity and ask about the basis the Fox personality had to attack her. However, despite there not being any evidence to back up the claims, according to Hale, a statement from the State Department did not come to fruition, a decision that Hale said could only be made"more senior to me. The Secretary most likely would have been the person."
But sources ranging from former Obama administration officials to an anti-corruption advocate in Ukraine say the official, Viktor Shokin, was ousted for the opposite reason that Trump and his allies claim.
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