Name: What we've learned from the impeachment hearings | FT
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00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,590 A dozen witnesses have now testified in the impeachment

They have put a public face on US diplomacy in Ukraine

and shed new light on the Trump administration's activities

On Wednesday, Gordon Sondland, Trump's ambassador to the EU,

said everyone was in the loop and confirmed

in no uncertain terms that there was a quid pro quo, with the US

into Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and debunked claims

of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

Ambassador Volker and I worked with Mr Rudy Giuliani

on Ukraine matters at the express direction

to the requested White House call and the White House

But the Republicans have stuck to their strategy

they are supposed to be serving, the elements

lost the confidence of millions of Americans

who believe that their vote should count for something.

It's also too early to tell whether the televised hearings

The latest polls show that Americans are split over

whether Trump should be impeached and removed

For now, it's up to Adam Schiff and the Democrats

to decide whether or not they want to call any more

When they've wrapped up their investigation,

the inquiry will be sent to the House judiciary committee, who

to ultimately be voted on by the full House.

But we have Thanksgiving holiday next week and just

two more full weeks after that before the Christmas recess.

On Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

But she also said they would not wait on the courts, where there

are many outstanding cases of White House officials

who have refused to comply with congressional subpoenas.

We're not going to wait till the courts decide.

That might be information that's available to the Senate

in terms of how far we go, and when we go.

But we can't wait for that, because again it's a technique.

It's obstruction of justice, obstruction of Congress.

So we cannot let their further obstruction of Congress be

an impediment to our honouring our oath of office.

expected that the democratically controlled House will

But this remains a fiercely partisan process.

And it's unlikely that more than 20 GOP senators

will be willing to vote to remove him from office

John Barrasso, a senior Senate Republican,

told the FT that testimony did not move the needle

He said the case against the president was,

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