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Highlights of a Momentous Week of Impeachment Hearings

Masood Farivar

   CAPITOL HILL - The U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry
   hearings picked up steam this week, as nine current and former U.S.
   officials testified about President Donald Trump's controversial
   dealings with the Ukrainian government.

   The historic impeachment inquiry was triggered by a whistleblower
   complaint about a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian
   President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump prodded Zelenskiy to
   undertake investigations that would help Trump politically, while the
   administration held up nearly $400 million of military aid to Ukraine.

   U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland delivered
   blockbuster testimony Wednesday, linking Trump, Vice President Mike
   Pence and other senior officials to what he came to believe was a quid
   pro quo arrangement between the administration and Ukraine.

   The highlights:

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