© Greg Nash
House Democrats announced Wednesday that they will hold their first public impeachment hearings next week.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and George Kent, a top State Department official, will testify next Wednesday.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is then expected to testify next Friday. Yovanovitch previously testified about a concerted effort led by Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, to remove her from her post.
Democrats have been expected to begin holding public hearings this month, shifting the impeachment inquiry to a public phase after initially holding depositions behind closed doors.
– Developing
