Impeachment Update: More Testimony Planned, But Key Aide Balks

White House Official Won't Testify Without Court Order

A former deputy national security adviser expected to testify in the House impeachment inquiry is signaling that he will not appear Monday as scheduled. Charles Kupperman was supposed to testify behind closed doors, but last week asked the federal court in Washington for guidance on whether he was legally required to do so. The court had yet to rule by Monday morning.

The Associated Press

Sen. Johnson, Ally Of Trump and Ukraine, Surfaces In Crucial Episodes In Saga

Sen. Ron Johnson met in July with a former Ukrainian diplomat who has circulated unproven claims that Ukrainian officials assisted Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, a previously unreported contact that underscores the GOP senator’s involvement in the unfolding narrative that triggered the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The Washington Post

McConnell, Schumer Once Held Different Thoughts On Impeachment

An up-and-coming congressman is running for the Senate and railing against impeachment. A rising senator in the other party is decrying the White House “smear campaign” against the investigation. The year was 1998 and it was President Bill Clinton who was under siege by an impeachment inquiry, just as President Donald Trump is now. At the time, Chuck Schumer was blasting the impeachment drive while Mitch McConnell called for all sides to stick to the facts. Now, 21 years later, the two have swapped talking points.

Politico

More Impeachment Witnesses to Go Before Lawmakers

House committees are expected to hear from about a half dozen more witnesses in their impeachment inquiry this week, including Tim Morrison, the National Security Council's Russia and Europe director who has been mentioned in testimony linking a hold on aid to Ukraine to investigations President Trump and his allies pressured the country to pursue.

The Wall Street Journal