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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Kevin McCarthy defends Trump administration’s hold on Ukraine aid money

By Gabriella Muñoz and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image from video, President Pro Tempore of the Senate Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., swears in Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as the presiding officer for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Chief justice, senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

By S.A. Miller and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020. file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, right, walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington. The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said Thursday the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump broke law by withholding Ukraine money, Congress’ legal branch says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Impeachment managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, lead as D-Fla., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., follow as they walk through the rotunda on their way to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Adam Schiff, impeachment prosecutor, could face whistleblower questions in Senate trial

By Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 2, 2019, file photo, Lev Parnas arrives at court in New York. Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has provided a trove of text messages and photos to the House committee leading the impeachment inquiry. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ** FILE **

Lev Parnas, Rudy Giuliani’s associate: Donald Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure

By Michael Biesecker, Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Democrats demand briefings on alleged surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference to announce impeachment managers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Pelosi announces House Democratic impeachment managers

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Lev Parnas, right, a Rudy Giuliani associate with ties to Ukraine, arrives for a bail hearing in federal court, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Former ambassador seeks investigation after Dems release new docs on eve of impeachment trial

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., leaves a lengthy closed-door meeting with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Speaker Pelosi is expected to appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House leaders march Trump impeachment articles to the Senate

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch listens as she testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Robert Hyde, GOP figure in Ukraine documents, says he was ‘playing’ with Giuliani associate

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena to speak at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Ron Johnson praises Trump at Wisconsin rally

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This Thursday, April 18, 2019 file photo shows special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as released in Washington. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Against all evidence, debunked Ukraine theory endures

By AMANDA SEITZ and ERIC TUCKER and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

FILE - This Thursday, April 18, 2019 file photo shows special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as released in Washington. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

As trial nears, Trump keeps discredited Ukraine theory alive

By AMANDA SEITZ and ERIC TUCKER and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University that some of the victims of the crash were former students of, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Iran on Saturday, Jan. 11, acknowledged that its armed forces &quot;unintentionally&quot; shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The Latest: Trump expresses support for ‘brave’ Iranians

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 photo, rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran on Friday denied Western allegations that one of its own missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the U.S. and Canada to share any information they have on the crash, which killed all 176 people on board. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The Latest: Iran says it ‘unintentionally’ shot down plane

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, debris at the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Iran crash and missile claims put Ukraine president in bind

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks on proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Iranians shot down Ukraine plane, U.S. and Canada say

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this May 22, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, as then-National Security Adviser John Bolton, right, watches. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump says John Bolton’s testimony hinges on ‘presidential privilege’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Bodies of the victims of a Ukrainian plane crash are collected by rescue team at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran into fields of flaming debris and killing all on board. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran says Ukrainian plane was on fire, tried to turn back

By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press