It's been quite a while, a few weeks in Washington, and news broke Tuesday that the House Judiciary

Committee scheduled its first impeachment hearing for next week on December 4.

But for now, public impeachment and grie hearings in front of the House Intelligence Committee

are over, which gives us a chance to take a look at some other impeachment and grie news

that's emerged over the past few days. Specifically, a story the Washington Post reported Sunday.

Since the impeachment inquiry launched in Congress, the White House Council's office

conducted its own review of President Trump's decision this summer to place Ukraine military aid

on hold. That White House review found hundreds of documents showing an extensive effort to justify

the decision to hold up the money. The documents also show a debate between Trump's acting chief

of staff, Mick Mulaney, and other government departments over whether delaying the military aid

was even legal. Now, the White House Council's office conducted this review, and the Washington

Post managed to report out some of its contents, but will all of the uncovered information

ever leave the walls of the White House? What specifics do we know about the review's findings

and how does it affect the case for impeachment? This is Kenny Do That, a podcast that explores

the powers and limitations of the American presidency, and what happens when branches of government

collide? I'm Allison Michaels. Before the end of this episode, and before you head off to celebrate

Thanksgiving, we'll touch on some subpoena news out of the courts and what happens when the inquiry

moves to the House Judiciary Committee next week. But first, I talked to National Investigative

Reporter Carol Lenning, who reported on the White House Council investigation Sunday,

along with our colleagues Josh Dossie and Tom Hamburger. I started by asking Carol if it was

unusual for the White House Council's office to pursue an internal investigation into the Ukraine

aid decision to begin with. In a way, a White House Council launching into a in-depth research

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