Day 7 of the impeachment inquiry

By Michael Scherer
September 30 at 8:15 PM

6:08 a.m. ... former government officials have begun to speak up without hewing to partisan talking points ... Today the new voice is former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, a veteran of the George W. Bush administration ... “This is highly abnormal,” Herbst says ...

8:46 a.m. Former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) ... calls on other Republican senators “to risk your careers in favor of your principles” ...

9:44 a.m. Attorneys for the whistleblower who launched this process share a letter sent Saturday to the Director of National Intelligence. “The purpose of this letter is to formally notify you of serious concerns we have regarding our client’s personal safety,” it reads. The concerns were created by Trump ...

11:18 a.m. ... If the House impeaches Trump, the Senate must hold a trial ... “I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell says ...

4:07 p.m. The afternoon news dump begins. The Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in the July phone call ...

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