WASHINGTON - Transcripts in the newest batch from testimony in the House impeachment hearings are chipping away at a key Republican defence of President Donald Trump. At issue is Trump’s decision to tie military aid for Ukraine to investigations of Joe Biden and the Democrats. Allies of the president say he did nothing wrong because the Ukrainians never knew the aid was being delayed. The special adviser for Ukraine at the State Department, Catherine Croft, says she fielded inquiries from Ukraine about the holdup. Witnesses in the impeachment inquiry are set to begin testifying in public on Wednesday.

Source: thestar November 12, 2019 00:25 UTC