House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and counsel Daniel Goldman spent 45 minutes questioning the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, and State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent in the first day of public impeachment hearings. Watch this full portion of the hearing. Source

Sources say David Holmes, an official at the U.S. embassy in Kiev, is the staffer referenced in Bill Taylor’s testimony Source

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U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno sentenced Kodak Black to 46 months in prison, along with 3 years of supervised release Source

Ahead of their Wednesday press conference, Mr. Trump said he and Erdogan would be talking about the Russian weapons system purchased by Turkey Source

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William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, revealed new details Wednesday about the events immediately following President Trump’s July 25 call with the president of Ukraine. Taylor said a member of his staff told him last week about a phone call he overheard between the U.S. Ambassador to the E.U., Gordon Sondland, and Mr. Trump. Watch what Taylor said in his opening statement in the first public impeachment hearing. Source

State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent described on Wednesday his credentials and commitment to advancing U.S. interests and freedom in Ukraine. He then detailed what he saw as an attempt to contradict or undermine the national interest, and specifically to undermine then-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Watch his opening statement in the first public impeachment hearing. Source