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House Launches Busy Week in Trump Impeachment Probe

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   WASHINGTON - A busy week in the public impeachment hearings into U.S.
   President Donald Trump begins early Tuesday with the first of three
   witnesses and what they know about Trump's alleged efforts to pressure
   Ukraine to investigate political rivals.

   In total, House committees will hear from nine witnesses during five
   separate hearings taking place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
   this week.

   The most anticipated testimony will come from U.S. ambassador to the
   European Union and million-dollar Trump inaugural donor Gordon
   Sondland.

   Sondland appeared to be in the center of dealing with Ukraine over
   Trump's alleged demand that Ukraine investigate 2020 presidential rival
   and former Vice President Joe Biden for corruption.

   Another witness expected to draw a lot of attention is David Holmes --
   a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv who apparently overheard Trump asking about the
   investigations during a phone call between Sondland and the president.

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