Instructions Came From Trump, Schiff Says: Impeachment Update

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George Kent and Bill Taylor are sworn in during a House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry hearing in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 13.

Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg

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The first public hearing in the formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump was held Wednesday, as the House Intelligence Committee heard testimony from two State Department officials.

The committee, led by Chairman Adam Schiff, received testimony from William Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of State in the European and Eurasian bureau.