US diplomats describe Trump's effort to hijack Ukraine policy for his political benefit
WASHINGTON - Historic public impeachment proceedings got underway Wednesday, as career diplomats delivered solemn testimony about the Trump administration's alleged misconduct in Ukraine that they found bewildering and at odds with U.S. interests.
As they described a scheme by administration officials and President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to pressure the Eastern European nation's president to launch investigations against Democrats that would help Trump in 2020, GOP lawmakers worked to undermine the legitimacy of the hearings.
The stark divide - in Congress and among the broader electorate - over Trump's alleged misdeeds was on full display in the House hearing room. The committee members snapped at one another
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