Yovanovitch testified Friday that President Donald Trump pressured the State Department to fire her. The interview is one of what could eventually become dozens of closed-door depositions in the impeachment probe. Also up this week: Michael McKinley, a former top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who resigned last week. One witness who may not be called before Congress is the still-anonymous government whistleblower who touched off the impeachment inquiry. Lawmakers have grown deeply concerned about protecting the person from Trump’s threats and may not wish to risk exposing the whistleblower’s identity.

Source: thestar October 15, 2019 04:22 UTC