Axios reports that the twin pillars on which the impeachment inquiry will center is Ukraine and obstruction of justice. The advantage of the latter is that it also folds in as a structure the Mueller report when the bill of impeachment gets constructed. It also indicates where the cover-up will be focused by the WH and its associated Trumpists.
Ukraine and Obstruction of Justice are on the twin rails to the bunker.
The scorched earth policy of throwing Kurds and advisors under the bus continues as the Impeachment inquiry gains momentum and Trumpists become dead-enders.
The question remains whether the Congressional GOP will become human shields. The Fiona Hill testimony should reveal so much more tomorrow.
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FUN FACT: An overwhelming 63% of Americans say the Trump administration should cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry.#ImpeachmentTaskForce
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) October 13, 2019
Fiona Hill, Trump's top Russia adviser until she left the administration in August, is expected to be interviewed behind closed doors by three House panels
Semyon Kislin, business associate of Giuliani, asked to appear at a deposition on Monday.
Driving the news:If the document request for Trump's former Russia adviser Fiona Hill,reviewed by Axios, is a road map for what Dems plan to ask Trump administration officials this week — and committee sources tell me that it is — then the inquiry remains focused on Ukraine and has not yet branched out into other countries.
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Ahead of this week's subpoenas and depositions, new documents obtained by Axios show how Democrats are taking the impeachment inquiry in two tightly focused directions: Ukraine and obstruction of justice. https://t.co/gFN14JUrF2
Below are some of the key areasof interest to the committees, as outlined in their Oct. 9 letter to Hill:
All transcripts, notes, recordings, summaries, prep sessions and communications around Trump's April and July calls with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Efforts to restrict access to or limit distribution of documents referring to calls with foreign leaders; policies surrounding the practice of moving politically damaging documents to a special electronic system.
Interagency meetings relating to foreign assistance of any kind.
A meeting on or around May 21 in Kiev, Ukraine, with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, Ukrainian officials and representatives of the Ukrainian energy sector.
A White House meeting on or around May 23 involving Trump, Volker, Perry or Sondland.
A dinner in Brussels on or around June 4 involving Jared Kushner, Zelensky, Sondland and Perry.
A White House meeting on or around July 10 with Ukrainian officials and former national security advisor John Bolton, Volker, Perry, Sondland — and possibly Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Efforts by Rudy Giuliani or associates to pressure Ukrainian government officials to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Paul Manafort, the DNC, Hillary Clinton and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.
Potential attempts by Trump administration officials to influence Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz.
Ukraine's acquisition of Javelin missiles from the U.S. and the decision to stop investigating Manafort and cease cooperation with former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Efforts by Trump administration officials to retaliate against the whistleblower or dispose of documents relating to the Ukraine investigation.
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Tomorrow Russian Expert Fiona Hill will tell us about the secret goings on she observed from her perch on the WH National Security Council – and perhaps why she left about the time Trump put the hold on the $391 million that was supposed to go to protect Ukraine from Putin. pic.twitter.com/HCt6T7JYQh
“Incredibly McMaster has also recruited a former Soros staffer from his Open Society Institute, Fiona Hill, as the NSC’s expert on Russia. Hill has been pressuring the Hungarian and Romanian governments to stop their resistance to Soros efforts…”https://t.co/W50JEe3zwwpic.twitter.com/h5UqcM7nIe
Either he's brain damaged or he thinks his followers are. But this is one of the dumbest dishonest obsessions he's ever indulged in. https://t.co/bMFoQpTV6l
President Trump on Rep. Adam Schiff: “I actually told my lawyers, I said, 'Sue him anyway.' He's got immunity but they can't mean immunity for that. I said sue him anyway. Even if we lose, the American public will understand.” #ValuesVoterSummitpic.twitter.com/BPjeYuRt0n
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