The public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump kicked off today, with Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and State Department official George Kent testifying before the House Intelligence Committee. Representative Adam Schiff of California, who heads the committee, has been a central figure in the impeachment proceedings, guiding Democrats through closed-door depositions—and becoming the target of much of Trump’s ire.Below, the full text of Schiff’s opening statement as delivered.In 2014, Russia invaded a United States ally, Ukraine, to reverse that nation’s embrace of the West, and to fulfill Vladimir Putin’s desire to rebuild a Russian …read more
Source:: The Atlantic
