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Senior State Department Official Appears Before Trump Impeachment Probe

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - A top U.S. State Department official on Wednesday appeared
   before the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump, the first
   witness to show up this week after a string of administration officials
   refused to meet with investigators.

   David Hale, who was appointed by Trump as under secretary for political
   affairs, met behind closed doors with lawmakers who are leading the
   probe of Trump in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
   More details in the impeachment inquiry are expected to be released on
   Wednesday, a day after transcripts revealed a top Trump
   donor-turned-diplomat reversed course and told investigators Ukrainian
   aid was tied to investigations of
   political rivals sought by the U.S. president.
   On Tuesday, publicly released transcripts showed U.S. ambassador to the
   European Union Gordon Sondland had returned to give lawmakers new
   details after his memory was "refreshed," corroborating other witnesses
   who said Trump sought to pressure the Ukrainians into launching
   investigations that appeared aimed
   at boosting his 2020 re-election campaign.
   

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