Impeachment Update: Key Witness Set To Testify, Trump Chides GOP

The Next House Impeachment Witness Is The Most Important So Far

Bill Taylor, currently the top official at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, will get his moment before congressional investigators Tuesday. His explanation for why he said he felt the U.S. was trading foreign aid to Ukraine for political favors to President Donald Trumpv could be a key piece of evidence for House investigators.
CNN

Trump Slams Democrats And Chides Republicans To 'Get Tougher'

President Donald Trump lashed out against the impeachment process during a raucous
Cabinet meeting Monday. The more than one-hour speech included Trump railing against what he called a “phony investigation” of his dealings with Ukraine and the “phony emoluments clause” of the Constitution, which played a role in forcing him to scrap plans to host a global summit at his private golf club in Florida.

The Washington Post

Democrats Slow Impeachment Timeline to Sharpen Their Public Case

House Democrats have resigned themselves to the likelihood that impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump will extend into the Christmas season, as they plan a series of public hearings intended to make the simplest and most devastating possible
public case in favor of removing him.

The New York Times

Trump Viewed Ukraine As Adversary, Not Ally, Witnesses Say

Behind closed doors, President Donald Trump has made his views on Ukraine clear: He sees the Eastern European ally, not Russia, as responsible for the interference in the 2016 election that was investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller. It’s a view denied by the intelligence community, at odds with U.S. foreign policy and dismissed by many of Trump’s fellow Republicans but part of abroader skepticism of Ukraine being shared with Trump by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his key regional ally Viktor Orban of Hungary.

The Associated Press