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🗓️ 18 November 2019

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Here’s what to watch for in a week jam-packed with public hearings. Senior political reporter Aaron Blake explains why each of this week’s witnesses is being called to publicly testify and what news might emerge from the busy scene on the Hill.

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0:00.0	Monday marks the beginning of another week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry
0:06.8	into President Trump.
0:08.5	But before we get to the details of those upcoming hearings, let's catch up on the news
0:12.6	developments you may have missed.
0:16.4	Midday Friday, Trump associate Roger Stone was convicted of witness tampering and lying
0:20.8	to Congress.
0:22.7	Testimony and evidence at Stone's trial appeared to cast doubt on some written replies from
0:27.2	Trump to former special prosecutor Robert Mueller.
0:30.5	Specifically, on Trump's answers about his own knowledge of his 2016 campaign's attempt
0:35.4	to learn more about hacked Democratic emails by WikiLeaks.
0:39.7	This led counsel for the House of Representatives to suggest Trump may have lied to Mueller.
0:44.7	Counsel did so in arguments for a case where Congress is requesting that secret grand jury
0:49.0	evidence from the Mueller report be released urgently for the House's impeachment inquiry.
0:55.5	Several Friday State Department official David Holmes confirmed what top diplomat in Ukraine
1:00.6	Bill Taylor had testified to publicly earlier in the week that Holmes overheard a call between
1:06.3	EU Ambassador Gordon Saunland and President Trump on July 26.
1:11.4	Saunland in his earlier testimony had failed to mention the call in which Trump asked about
1:15.8	Ukrainian investigations.
1:19.6	Trump said Monday that he'll strongly consider taking up an offer by House Speaker Nancy
1:23.2	Pelosi to testify in writing as part of the impeachment inquiry.
1:28.0	Congressional Democrats reacted to Trump's statement that he'll consider testifying
1:31.2	with skepticism and calls for more cooperation from the White House.
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