(Foreign Policy)
The impeachment investigation into U.S. President Donald Trump is set to enter a dramatic new phase as public hearings get underway featuring senior diplomats who will be questioned in detail about alleged efforts by Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to alter U.S. policy toward Ukraine for political gain.
On Wednesday, William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, are set to testify before House lawmakers for a second time, although this time their remarks will be beamed to television sets across the country. In their earlier closed-door testimony, Taylor and Kent reportedly corroborated the account of a White House whistleblower who contended that the president was making U.S. policy toward Ukraine contingent on a demand that Kyiv investigate Trump’s potential political rival in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, as well as his son Hunter Biden, over the latter’s involvement in a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma.
Here’s a quick guide to the hearings, which look set to become a watershed in the Trump presidency. Read more