Impeachment Update: Army Official Reported Trump's Behavior Twice

Army Officer Who Heard Trump’s Ukraine Call Reported Concerns

A White House national security official who is a decorated Iraq war veteran plans to tell House impeachment investigators Tuesday he heard President Donald Trump appeal to Ukraine’s president to investigate one of his leading political rivals, a request the aide considered so damaging to American interests that he reported it to a superior. Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman of the Army, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, twice registered internal objections about how Trump and his inner circle were treating Ukraine, out of what he called a “sense of duty."

The New York Times

House To Take First Vote On Impeachment Inquiry

The House will take its first vote on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Thursday, forcing lawmakers to go on record in support or opposition of the investigation and dictating the rules for its next phase. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said Monday that the vote would “affirm” the existing probe, now in its sixth week, and establish which hearings would be open and how the transcripts from witnesses who have already testified in closed sessions would be released.

The Washington Post

Justice Department Appeals Order On Mueller Grand Jury Testimony

The Justice Department on Monday appealed a judge’s order directing the department to provide the House with secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The department also asked Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell to put her own order on hold until a federal appeals court has an opportunity to weigh in.

The Associated Press