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| The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates | The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates |
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| The Trump administration directed Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, not to speak with investigators for three House committees. | |
| The decision to block Mr. Sondland, a top American diplomat involved in its pressure campaign on Ukraine, hours before he was scheduled to sit for a deposition in the basement of the Capitol, is certain to provoke an immediate conflict. House Democrats have repeatedly warned that if the administration tries to interfere with their investigation, it will be construed as obstruction, a charge they see as potentially worthy of impeachment. | The decision to block Mr. Sondland, a top American diplomat involved in its pressure campaign on Ukraine, hours before he was scheduled to sit for a deposition in the basement of the Capitol, is certain to provoke an immediate conflict. House Democrats have repeatedly warned that if the administration tries to interfere with their investigation, it will be construed as obstruction, a charge they see as potentially worthy of impeachment. |
| In making the decision, the Trump administration appears to be calculating that it is better off risking the House’s ire than letting Mr. Sondland show up and set a precedent for cooperation with an inquiry they have strenuously argued is illegitimate. | In making the decision, the Trump administration appears to be calculating that it is better off risking the House’s ire than letting Mr. Sondland show up and set a precedent for cooperation with an inquiry they have strenuously argued is illegitimate. |
| On Tuesday morning, Mr. Trump attacked the impeachment inquiry. | On Tuesday morning, Mr. Trump attacked the impeachment inquiry. |
| Democrats from the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees did not immediately respond on Tuesday. | Democrats from the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees did not immediately respond on Tuesday. |
| — Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos | — Michael S. Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos |
| Read more: Witness in Trump-Ukraine Matter Ordered Not to Speak in Impeachment Inquiry | Read more: Witness in Trump-Ukraine Matter Ordered Not to Speak in Impeachment Inquiry |
| The Senate Intelligence Committee, striving to maintain bipartisan comity amid growing impeachment tensions, concluded on Tuesday that Moscow used social media in 2016 to boost Mr. Trump, damage Hillary Clinton and sow discord in the electorate. | The Senate Intelligence Committee, striving to maintain bipartisan comity amid growing impeachment tensions, concluded on Tuesday that Moscow used social media in 2016 to boost Mr. Trump, damage Hillary Clinton and sow discord in the electorate. |
| The committee’s second report on Russia’s intervention in the election reached familiar conclusions through its 85 pages: Moscow’s Internet Research Agency targeted African Americans more than any other group, “engaged with unwitting Americans to further its reach beyond the digital realm,” with protests and petition, and is still at it. | The committee’s second report on Russia’s intervention in the election reached familiar conclusions through its 85 pages: Moscow’s Internet Research Agency targeted African Americans more than any other group, “engaged with unwitting Americans to further its reach beyond the digital realm,” with protests and petition, and is still at it. |
| “Russia is waging an information warfare campaign against the U.S. that didn’t start and didn’t end with the 2016 election,” said Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s Republican chairman. “Their goal is broader: to sow societal discord and erode public confidence in the machinery of government.” | “Russia is waging an information warfare campaign against the U.S. that didn’t start and didn’t end with the 2016 election,” said Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s Republican chairman. “Their goal is broader: to sow societal discord and erode public confidence in the machinery of government.” |
| But the timing is auspicious, coming out as allies of Mr. Trump seek again to cloud voters’ understanding of Russia’s actions and shift blame onto Ukraine through unfounded conspiracy theories. | But the timing is auspicious, coming out as allies of Mr. Trump seek again to cloud voters’ understanding of Russia’s actions and shift blame onto Ukraine through unfounded conspiracy theories. |
| Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of President Trump, said Tuesday he will invite Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, to lay out his Ukraine theories before the committee. | Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of President Trump, said Tuesday he will invite Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, to lay out his Ukraine theories before the committee. |
| Mr. Giuliani has led the push to enlist the Ukrainians to help investigate the business dealings of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son and has embraced a conspiracy theory that Ukraine — not Russia — meddled in the 2016 election. Mr. Trump picked up on that theory in his now-infamous call to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in July when he asked about a “server” that could be in Ukraine. | |
| The hearing promises to be something of a counterweight to the House impeachment inquiry. | The hearing promises to be something of a counterweight to the House impeachment inquiry. |
| “Given the House of Representatives’ behavior, it is time for the Senate to inquire about corruption and other improprieties involving Ukraine,” Mr. Graham said. | “Given the House of Representatives’ behavior, it is time for the Senate to inquire about corruption and other improprieties involving Ukraine,” Mr. Graham said. |
| With Democrats on the panel, the gambit might not be a slam dunk. Mr. Graham promised, “I will offer to Mr. Giuliani the opportunity to come before the Senate Judiciary Committee to inform the committee of his concerns,” to which Senator Kamala Harris, Democrat of California, responded, “Good. I have questions.” | With Democrats on the panel, the gambit might not be a slam dunk. Mr. Graham promised, “I will offer to Mr. Giuliani the opportunity to come before the Senate Judiciary Committee to inform the committee of his concerns,” to which Senator Kamala Harris, Democrat of California, responded, “Good. I have questions.” |
| When Energy Secretary Rick Perry led an American delegation to the inauguration of Ukraine’s new president in May, he took the opportunity to suggest the names of Americans the new Ukrainian government might want to advise and oversee the country’s state-owned gas company. | When Energy Secretary Rick Perry led an American delegation to the inauguration of Ukraine’s new president in May, he took the opportunity to suggest the names of Americans the new Ukrainian government might want to advise and oversee the country’s state-owned gas company. |
| Mr. Perry’s focus during the trip on Ukraine’s energy industry was in keeping with a push he had begun months earlier under the previous Ukrainian president, and it was consistent with United States policy of promoting anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine and greater energy independence from Russia. | Mr. Perry’s focus during the trip on Ukraine’s energy industry was in keeping with a push he had begun months earlier under the previous Ukrainian president, and it was consistent with United States policy of promoting anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine and greater energy independence from Russia. |
| But his actions during the trip have entangled him in a controversy about the pressure campaign waged by President Trump and his allies to pressure the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate Mr. Trump’s rivals. | But his actions during the trip have entangled him in a controversy about the pressure campaign waged by President Trump and his allies to pressure the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate Mr. Trump’s rivals. |
| Mr. Perry’s trip raised questions about whether he was seeking to provide help to certain Americans interested in gaining a foothold in the Ukrainian energy business at a time when the new Ukrainian government was looking to the United States for signals of support in its simmering conflict with Russia. | Mr. Perry’s trip raised questions about whether he was seeking to provide help to certain Americans interested in gaining a foothold in the Ukrainian energy business at a time when the new Ukrainian government was looking to the United States for signals of support in its simmering conflict with Russia. |
| — Kenneth P. Vogel, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Andrew E. Kramer | — Kenneth P. Vogel, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Andrew E. Kramer |
| Read more: Rick Perry’s Focus on Gas Company Entangles Him in Ukraine Case | Read more: Rick Perry’s Focus on Gas Company Entangles Him in Ukraine Case |
| President Trump repeatedly pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to investigate people and issues of political concern to Mr. Trump, including former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Here’s a timeline of events since January. | President Trump repeatedly pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to investigate people and issues of political concern to Mr. Trump, including former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Here’s a timeline of events since January. |
| A C.I.A. officer who was once detailed to the White House filed a whistle-blower complaint on Mr. Trump’s interactions with Mr. Zelensky. Read the complaint. | A C.I.A. officer who was once detailed to the White House filed a whistle-blower complaint on Mr. Trump’s interactions with Mr. Zelensky. Read the complaint. |
| Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in September that the House would open a formal impeachment proceeding in response to the whistle-blower’s complaint. Here’s how the impeachment process works. | Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in September that the House would open a formal impeachment proceeding in response to the whistle-blower’s complaint. Here’s how the impeachment process works. |
| House committees have issued subpoenas to the White House, the Defense Department, the budget office and other agencies for documents related to the impeachment investigation. Here’s the evidence that has been collected so far. | House committees have issued subpoenas to the White House, the Defense Department, the budget office and other agencies for documents related to the impeachment investigation. Here’s the evidence that has been collected so far. |