Congress requested depositions. The Trump administration blocked them. Who wins?
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🗓️ 8 October 2019
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| 0:00.0 | We're into week three of the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump. |
| 0:04.6 | Here are some developments to keep you updated. |
| 0:07.6 | A new Washington Post, |
| 0:09.3 | Char School Poll published Tuesday, |
| 0:11.4 | shows public opinion has shifted quickly against Trump. |
| 0:14.6 | A majority of Americans say they endorse the decision by House Democrats |
| 0:18.5 | to begin an impeachment inquiry. |
| 0:20.4 | Nearly half of all adults also say that the House should take the additional step |
| 0:24.4 | and recommend that the President be removed from office. |
| 0:28.2 | Also, the Washington Post reported Monday that House Democrats are considering ways to allow |
| 0:33.3 | the original whistleblower, the person who first flagged the Trump-Solansky call in a formal complaint, |
| 0:38.8 | to testify while still remaining anonymous. |
| 0:42.3 | The steps under consideration include having the whistleblower testify from a remote location |
| 0:46.9 | and obscuring the individual's appearance and voice. |
| 0:50.2 | The Democrats are hoping to prevent Trump's allies in Congress from exposing the whistleblower's identity. |
| 0:56.7 | Meanwhile, Senator Lindsey Graham said he would invite Trump's personal attorney, |
| 1:00.6 | Rudy Giuliani, to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 1:04.3 | about, quote, corruption and other improprieties involving Ukraine. |
| 1:09.0 | Senate Democrats have said they would welcome testimony from Giuliani. |
| 1:13.5 | Yet one moment from the Hill so far this week stood out. |
| 1:18.3 | As of Monday night, the US ambassador to the European Union Gordon Saunland |
| 1:22.4 | was scheduled to appear in a closed-door hearing Tuesday. |
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