BREAKING: Republicans lawmakers have stormed a secure room where an impeachment inquiry hearing is being held.
, Bill Taylor, told members of Congress that President Donald Trump directed officials to tie aid to Ukraine to demands that the country open an investigation into the Biden family and the 2016 election, a potentially serious blow to Trump's repeated denials of a quid pro quo.
Lawmakers were expected to question Cooper about the Trump administration's decision over the summer to withhold the assistance to Ukraine that had previously been appropriated by Congress, despite the Pentagon’s recommendation that it be distributed.Cooper, a career member of the senior executive service, was appearing before the staff and members of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees.
She previously served as principal director in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security affairs. She joined the Defense Department in 2001 and before that, worked at the State Department. She's appearing Wednesday even though the Defense Department told Congress that it wouldn’t comply withMichael Duffey, a politically appointed official in the White House budget office, was also scheduled to testify behind closed doors Wednesday but is not expected to appear after Office of Management and Budget acting Director Russell Vought announced that his office wouldn't cooperate with the probe.
Cooper’s deposition comes a day after what Democrats described as bombshell testimony from Taylor, who serves as chargé d'affaires in Ukraine., Taylor said that the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, told him that while Trump was not requesting a"quid pro quo," he insisted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy publicly announce investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, and matters relating to the 2016 presidential election.
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