The third day of House public impeachment hearings begins Tuesday morning with testimony from two White House officials who listened in on President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Both witnesses — the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and his counterpart at Vice President Mike Pence's office, Jennifer Williams — both told House investigators in close-door depositions that they were discomfited by Trump's request to Zelensky for a favor involving investigations of Joe and Hunter Biden and the Democratic National Committee. Trump has slammed both on Twitter.
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump's former Ukraine special envoy Kurt Volker and former NSC official Tim Morrison will testify. Morrison also has first-hand knowledge of the July 25 call, which he described to House investigators as concerning but not, in his opinion, violating any laws. Republicans had requested to hear from Volker and Morrison.
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