Impeachment Update: Liberal Activists Plan National Marches

Activists Hope To Take Impeachment Fight To The Streets

Though some liberal groups have been advocating for President Donald Trump’s impeachment for more than two years, there have been few large-scale public demonstrations calling for it. Now a coalition of liberal groups announced Friday that it will sponsor a series of national impeachment marches, including one in Washington, D.C.

The Associated Press

White House Official Expected To Back Up Key Testimony from Taylor

Tim Morrison, a top Russia and Europe adviser on President Donald Trump's National Security Council, is expected to testify before House impeachment investigators next week and corroborate key elements of testimony from Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, that Trump was pressing for Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into the Bidens before he would greenlight US security assistance, according to sources.

CNN

White House Delayed Ukraine Trade Decision Over Biden Probe, Too

The White House’s trade representative in late August withdrew a recommendation to restore some of Ukraine’s trade privileges after John Bolton, then-national security adviser, warned him that President Trump probably would oppose any action that benefited the government in Kyiv,
according to people briefed on the matter. The warning to Robert E. Light­hizer came as Trump was withholding $391 million in military aid and security assistance from Ukraine to pressure the country to investigate the business activities of former vice president Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

The Washington Post

Trump Confronts Limits Of His Impeachment Defense Strategy

President Donald Trump is confronting the limits of his main impeachment defense. As the probe hits the one-month mark, Trump and his aides have largely ignored the details of the Ukraine allegations against him. Instead, they’re loudly objecting to the House Democrats’ investigation process, using that as justification for ordering administration officials not to cooperate and complaining about what they deem prejudicial, even unconstitutional, secrecy.

The Associated Press